We all know Gaston Berghmans as a funny guy from his sketches,quickies and of course of the partnership for years he had with Leo Martin. This movie shows another Gaston. A melancholic Gaston who plays a part of Desiré a guy who wants to play Santa Claus every day of the year, and therefore also dresses up as the Holy Man in the middle of summer. Although this is a drama, it has some funny scenes in it too
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One of the most funny scenes I found the scene where Desiré (Berghmans) is dressed up as Santa Claus and his friend Georges (Martin)is tired of Desiré's Santa Claus game and runs of dressed up as the black servant (Zwarte Piet) followed by Berghmans dressed up as Santa who shouts 'Georges, please wait'. It is just so funny to see a man dressed up as Santa Claus calling his servant with the name 'Georges'. You just have to see it.
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This movie was made for television, and is really a movie you should see at least once although it's not available on video (only in private collections as mine i guess) and I wonder if they're going to re-run it again. Be sure to watch the movie till the end because that's the most beautiful scene of the movie shot near the river 'Schelde' in a small village called 'Paal' just across the border with Holland. For me this was nostalgy because when I was a kid my parents had a house there and so I played many times in that village even on the exact place where that last scene was shot.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
One of the most funny scenes I found the scene where Desiré (Berghmans) is dressed up as Santa Claus and his friend Georges (Martin)is tired of Desiré's Santa Claus game and runs of dressed up as the black servant (Zwarte Piet) followed by Berghmans dressed up as Santa who shouts 'Georges, please wait'. It is just so funny to see a man dressed up as Santa Claus calling his servant with the name 'Georges'. You just have to see it.
*** END SPOILER ALERT ***
This movie was made for television, and is really a movie you should see at least once although it's not available on video (only in private collections as mine i guess) and I wonder if they're going to re-run it again. Be sure to watch the movie till the end because that's the most beautiful scene of the movie shot near the river 'Schelde' in a small village called 'Paal' just across the border with Holland. For me this was nostalgy because when I was a kid my parents had a house there and so I played many times in that village even on the exact place where that last scene was shot.
