The Eclipse Of Sint-Gillis

Original Title|The Eclipse of Sint-Gillis

35" | 2001

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The Eclipse of Saint-Gilles mirrors the human/cultural mosaic of the poorest and most multicultural neighbourhood of Brussels.

This film follows the erratic rhythms of life in Sint-Gillis, a bustling Brussels neighbourhood that is home to 99 nationalities. From the perspective of filmmaking partners Peter Krüger and Peter Brosens, both living and working in Sint-Gillis, the viewer becomes intimately acquainted with local lore and local trash...Moments of harmless anarchy are punctuated by intensely quiet moments. Nothing looks out of place because there is no such thing as 'in place' in Sint-Gillis. The filmmakers situate themselves as such. They, too, are watching their surroundings from a removed point of view.