Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)

Overview

The Herts Camera Sutra or The Palefaces (1973) is a militant and visually fragmented critique of Belgian bourgeois society, blending documentary collage with semi-autobiographical fiction. De Hert attacks the distractions of nationalism, religion, and popular culture while exposing capitalism, social injustice, and postcolonial exploitation. The film’s second half shifts to a disillusioned group of rebellious youths, revealing the uncertainty and emotional paralysis behind revolutionary ideals. Both politically fierce and deeply self-questioning, the film captures the tension between radical ambition and powerlessness.

Cast

Robbe De Hert

Robbe

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Monique Beyns

Tarzan

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Freddy Beyns

Freddy

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Rufus J. Bonez

Rufus

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Frans Smolders

Smolders

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Alfred van Kuyk

Hitchcock

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Ida Dequeecker

Ida

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Danielle Petit-Jean

Nelly

Frieda Pittoors

Frieda

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Dirk Everaert

Dirk

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Piet Raes

Piet

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Guido Van Zieleghem

Guido