This work is one of the best examples of how movies are made and evaluated. An example is even historical.
The film revolves around the stop of Spanish troops in a Flemish town in the 17th century.
1935 – Possible occupation of France, cooperation with the German government.
A Franco-German film directed by a Belgian filmmaker that “All Flemings are cowards and cuckolds, and there are no men among them, only effeminate slobs, and Fleming women ... came out of Greek comedy, taking with them quite a lot of emancipation and sexual freedom, and it is in these women that the dignity and hope of the homeland are. ” The Spaniards are actually German Nazis, they are courageous, noble, courageous, etc., in a word, to surrender to such brave heroes is a natural virtue. I emphasize that the authors of the film not only emphasize the carnal rapprochement of flamandas with heroic invaders, but put forward such an approach flamandas as an easy feat to save the homeland.
But whatever the authors of this film want to show there, their picture shows not only how well and correctly Flemish women do when they lie under the Nazis, but also ... how the French government, filmmakers, including the authors of this film, as well as film critics and the jury of the Venetian film festival ... lie under the Nazis.
In a funny way, this film continues to be one of the historical milestones of cinema, having no artistic merits ... by inertia or something.
And in no less amusing ways, he still shows how the film industry and film festivals work.
5 out of 10