When her 80-year-old husband George dies, Helena asks her granddaughter to delve into the mystery surrounding George's friend Alfred's early demise. Alfred died in a WWII prison camp where both friends were imprisoned. The search for the truth unleashes an eruption of repressed emotions in three generations of the De Keyser family, gin distillers in Hasselt.

Info

Title The Emperor of Taste
Original title De Smaak van De Keyser
Original version Dutch
Status Completed
Category TV series
Year of production 2008

Credits

Cast Vic De Wachter, Katelijne Damen, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mathijs Scheepers, Marieke Dilles, Laura Verlinden, Marijke Pinoy
Photography Stijn Van der Veken
Editing Joris Brouwers
Music Wim De Wilde

Technical specs

Running time film 10x50' / 2x255'
Release format 16mm
Aspect ratio 1:1.66
Sound format DTS 5.1
Colour Colour

Partners

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), VRT, Tourism Limburg, City of Hasselt, CCA, RTBf, JBC, Concentra, Lannoo, ING, Mifratel

Awards

2009: Best Series, Best Actress, Best Original Music (FIPA Biarritz) / 2009: Best TV Fiction (Prix Europe) / 2009: Seoul Drama Award for Best Screenplay, Best Writer (Marc Didden) (Seoul International Drama Awards) / 2009: Beste Fictieprogramma, Beste Acteur (Matthias Schoenaerts) (Vlaamse Televisie Sterren)

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Last edited on 6 November 2012

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Director Jan Matthys , Frank Van Passel
Producer Frank Van Passel, Kato Maes, Bert Hamelinck
Screenplay Marc Didden
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