Movie

Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)

★ 10/10 · 1 votes 1973 1h 35m Released

Drama

The Herts Camera Sutra or The Palefaces (1973) is a militant and visually fragmented critique of Belgian bourgeois society, blending documentary collage with semi-autobiographical fiction. De Hert attacks the distractions of nationalism, religion, and popular culture while exposing capitalism, social injustice, and postcolonial exploitation. The film’s second half shifts to a disillusioned group of rebellious youths, revealing the uncertainty and emotional paralysis behind revolutionary ideals. Both politically fierce and deeply self-questioning, the film captures the tension between radical ambition and powerlessness.

Cast

Robbe De Hert Robbe M Monique Beyns Tarzan F Freddy Beyns Freddy R Rufus J. Bonez Rufus F Frans Smolders Smolders A Alfred van Kuyk Hitchcock