Ex Drummer

Ex Drummer

2007 · 101 min · NL · NC-17 · 6.8 (249 votes)
Dir. Koen Mortier · Starring Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck, François Beukelaers, Bernadette Damman · Music Guy Van Nueten
ComedyCrimeDramaThriller

Three musicians form a band. But they're not just any musicians: each has a disability that makes them particularly unsuitable for their instrument. The guitarist is deaf, the singer is tone deaf, and the bassist has a stiff arm. They lack a drummer, and to respect the group's uniqueness, they turn to a famous writer who has never played the drums. He accepts, but begins a manipulation that will wreak further havoc on the already largely dysfunctional band.

VIBE

This film is a raw, unflinching dive into the lives of societal outcasts. It's a darkly humorous and often uncomfortable look at resentment and manipulation, delivered with a gritty, European sensibility.

nihilisticdarkly comedicuncomfortablegrittybleaksteadyEuropean arthousecharacter studysocial commentaryblack comedydisabilityresentmentmanipulationoutsider art
white trashchild on drugs