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The Brand New Testament
2015
· Movie
· 114 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2376
- IMDb #2065
- Rotten Tomatoes #2021
- Metacritic #1752
- Letterboxd #2027
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1871
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2692
- Metacritic Critics #1494
- Metacritic Audience #2430
- Criticker #1086
- Kinopoisk #3009
- AlloCiné #4216
- Trakt #3329
Every rating
52–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 52, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →God exists and lives in a Brussels apartment, where he is a cruel and petty tyrant to his family. His young daughter, Ea, decides to rebel against her father. She leaks the future departure dates of every human to their phones, causing global panic. She then escapes to Earth to recruit six new apostles and help her complete a new testament, challenging her father's cynical control over humanity.
Details
- Director
- Jaco Van Dormael
- Writers
- Jaco Van Dormael, Thomas Gunzig
- Studio
- Caviar, Climax Films, VOO, Orange Studio
- Released
- 2 September 2015
- Country
- Luxembourg, Belgium, France
- Language
- French, German
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Budget
- $8.7M
- Box office
- $15.7M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 28 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Cannes Film Festival 2015 | SACD Prize | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2015 | Art Cinema Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2015 | Europa Cinemas Label Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| César Awards 2015 | Best Foreign Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2015 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Belgian Film Critics Association 2015 | Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Biografilm Festival 2015 | Guerrilla Award for Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations
| Art Cinema Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Europa Cinemas Label Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| SACD Prize | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Magritte Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director | Jaco Van Dormael | Winner |
| Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Best Original Score | An Pierlé | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Christophe Beaucarne | Nominee |
| Best Sound | François Dumont, Michel Schillings and Dominique Warnier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | David Murgia | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yolande Moreau | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actor | Romain Gelin | Nominee |
| Most Promising Actress | Pili Groyne | Nominee |
Sitges Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Pili Groyne | Winner |
| Best European Fantastic Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Biografilm Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Europa Audience Award | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Guerrilla Award for Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Norwegian International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Special Jury Prize | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Francophone Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig | Winner |
| Best Actor | Benoît Poelvoorde | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yolande Moreau | Nominee |
European Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Designer | Sylvie Olivé | Winner |
| Best European Comedy | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
| People's Choice Award for Best European Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Haifa International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best International Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Carmel Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Luxembourg Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film in Coproduction | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
| Best Technical Achievement | Marco Lorenzini | Nominee |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Fantastic Fest
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Tallgrass Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Narrative Feature | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Trailers FilmFest
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Trailer | The Brand New Testament | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
David di Donatello
1 nomination
| Best European Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
European Film Festival Palić
1 nomination
| Best Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Filmfest Hamburg
1 nomination
| Art Cinema Award | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Gopo Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
1 nomination
| Best French-Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Méliès d'Or
1 nomination
| Best European Fantastic Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Brand New Testament | Nominee |
Sergio Amidei Award
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig | Nominee |