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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Ex Drummer, this is a confrontational, pitch-black character study built around verbal cruelty, grotesque humour, and the uneasy intimacy of watching someone turn other people’s damage into material.
02
Why this pick
A raw, Dogme-style provocation about a group deliberately crossing social boundaries; it shares Ex Drummer’s hostile humour, bodily discomfort, and interest in performance as cruelty.
03
Why this pick
This extreme outsider odyssey combines damaged people, caustic absurdity, and a rough punk sensibility. Its willingness to be funny, ugly, and unexpectedly humane fits Ex Drummer’s confrontational energy.
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Why this pick
Its deadpan Nordic grotesquerie finds comic momentum in damaged misfits and appalling behaviour, offering a more polished but similarly amoral strain of dark European humour.
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Why this pick
A grim portrait of obsession and moral rot, filmed with a similarly abrasive lack of comfort. It trades punk-band chaos for an equally unsettling antihero and oppressive social atmosphere.
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01 / THE STORY
In Ostend, West Flanders, three physically disabled musicians are looking for a drummer for their punk rock band. They want to perform only one time at a music competition. They approach famous writer Dries to be their drummer, the idea being that he also has a "handicap" in that he cannot actually play the drums. They plan to master only one song, Devo's "Mongoloid." For Dries, this is an opportunity to get some inspiration for a new novel, so he accepts the offer. The band members decide to call the band The Feminists, since, they think four "handicapped" musicians are just as worthless as a group of feminists. Their main opponents are the band Harry Mulisch, also led by a writer, nicknamed Dikke Lul ("Fat Cock"). As the story goes on Dries becomes more and more obsessed by his new novel and he tries to manipulate the band members and tries to find their weak spot.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Jimmy
Lio
Jan Verbeek
Koen de Geyter
Ivan Van Dorpe
Dikke Lul
Pa Verbeek
Stef Vanneste
