God lives - in Brussels ...

In the amusing religious satire '˜The Brand New Testament' (15), God is a mean-spirited bully and petty tyrant who lives with hiswith his opinionated young daughter in an apartment block in Brussels.

Director Jaco Van Dormael’s inventive comedy takes a surreal, subversive, and funny look at Biblical themes through a modern and original lens.

Concluding that her cynical father is doing a terrible job, his ten-year-old daughter decides to hack into his computer and rewrite the world. The cast includes Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Pili Groyne.

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‘The Brand New Testament’ will be screened by Halifax Film Society, as part of its 50th anniversary season, at Halifax Playhouse on Sunday, March 5 at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available on 01422 355990 or halifaxfilm.org.uk

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