The Sexual Life of the Belgians

The story

Jan Bucquoy narrates the story of his sexual life to age 28, imagining his conception (parents drunk, the encounter lasting ten seconds) and reporting his first orgasm (at the hands of Eddy, in a beach-side caravan, as they watch Laurel and Hardy), his comparative experiences with girls, and his move from Harelbeck to Brussels. There he meets Greta, bartender at a Bohemian cafe, who teaches him the Kama Sutra, the naked Esther, who reads him stories, and Thérèse, his wife for three years. They split after two children; he moves to a small flat, writes pornography to pay the bills, works sporadically on a novel, espouses anarchism, and meets more women. His self-confidence grows.

Cast & crew

Jean-Henri CompèreJan Bucquoy

Noe Francq

Noe FrancqJan Bucquoy as a child

Isabelle Legros

Isabelle LegrosNoella Bucquoy (mother)

Sophie Schneider

Sophie SchneiderTherese

Jacques Druaux

Jacques DruauxJerome Bucquoy (father)

Sacha Jacques

Sacha JacquesJan Bucquoy as a baby

Boris Bucquoy

Boris BucquoyJan Bucquoy age 2

Pascale Binnert

Pascale BinnertAriane Bucquoy

Michel AngelyGreengrocer

Michele Shor

Michele ShorAunt Martha

Stefan Lernous

Stefan LernousEddy

Georgette Stulens

Georgette StulensEddy's mother