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The Soundman

The Soundman

The crossed destinies of a boy and a young woman on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium in 1940.

2025•1h 58m•7.2/10
Drama

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7.2/10(4)

Berre is an unworldly and shy young man, passionate about sound and tones and everything related to them, such as the new technology that is invading living rooms: the radio. Through the intercession of his aunt Gabby and uncle André (who is a servant at the National Radio in Brussels), he is allowed an internship in the state-of-the-art radio studios of the Flagey building. It will be a kick-start because when the resident sound engineer drops out, Berre is instantly promoted to ‘foley man’ and this nerd-avant-la-lettre gets to create his uni- que sounds for the radio plays that go live on air. Berre proves to be a great talent.

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Production

Caviar, Lompvis, Beluga Tree

Language

NL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jef Hellemans

Jef Hellemans

Berre

Femke Vanhove

Femke Vanhove

Elza

Peter van den Begin

Peter van den Begin

Fons Belloy

Koen De Bouw

Koen De Bouw

Polak

Jan Hammenecker

Jan Hammenecker

Tonton André

Els Dottermans

Els Dottermans

Tante Gaby

Nico Sturm

Nico Sturm

Dries

Robbie Cleiren

Robbie Cleiren

Samuel

Rosa Marchant

Rosa Marchant

Rifka

Damiaan De Schrijver

Damiaan De Schrijver

Hubert

Evelien Bosmans

Evelien Bosmans

Denize

Antje De Boeck

Antje De Boeck

Ida

Dimitri Duquennoy

Lowie

Peter van den Eede

Peter van den Eede

Van Imschoot

Peter Van De Velde

Peter Van De Velde

Peter Thyssen

Peter Thyssen

Lucas Van den Eynde

Lucas Van den Eynde

Wouter Hendrickx

Wouter Hendrickx

Gert Winckelmans

Gert Winckelmans

Nieuwslezer Flagey

Janne Desmet

Janne Desmet

Dame station

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