Gestes du repas
1958, French. Directed by Luc de Heusch.
This ethnographic film sends us the image of the man who eats, a stark look at Belgium. We spend about one-eighth of our days eating. Luc de Heusch films these repetitive gestures that seem trivial, yet reveal so much of a particular culture and a civilization. From morning to night, from the market installation to dinner, from the daily and fast meal to the feast, the ethnologist is interested in all social classes. Originally, an attempt of cinematographic ethnography, neutral and distant, intended to define the Belgians by the way they eat. In fact, Luc de Heusch films his contemporaries as if they were Papuans.
- Runtime
- 0h 23m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 27 March 1958
- Country
- Belgium
- Written by
- Luc de Heusch, Jacques Delcorde
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Gestes du repas runs 23 minutes (0h 23m).
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Gestes du repas isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 March 1958. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Gestes du repas?
Gestes du repas (1958) was directed by Luc de Heusch and stars Paul Anrieu.