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Released
2015 · FILM

The Brand New Testament

A disillusioned divine daughter in Brussels decides to upend her father's tyrannical script, unleashing a chaotic new testament that forces humanity to confront the true cost of free will.

God Exists. He Lives in Brussels with his daughter.

Directed by
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
114 min
Language
FR
ComedyDramaFantasy

Synopsis

In this fictional narrative, God resides in Brussels, but on Earth, He is portrayed as a cowardly and morally flawed figure, despised by his family. His daughter, Ea, grows increasingly frustrated with her monotonous life, confined to a small apartment in a regular part of Brussels. Eventually, she chooses to rebel against her father's authority.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Herve De LuzeShot by Christophe BeaucarneScored by An PierleDesigned by Sylvie Olive

Box Office

2015 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$15.7M

Budget$8.7M
Worldwide gross$15.7M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Das brandneue Testamentde
  • The Brand New Testamenten
  • El nuevo Nuevo Testamentoes
  • Dio esiste e vive a Bruxellesit

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