The Soundman

Dec 17, 2025

1h 58m

★ 7.2

The crossed destinies of a boy and a young woman on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium in 1940.

Overview

Berre is an unworldly and shy young man, passionate about sound and tones and everything related to them, such as the new technology that is invading living rooms: the radio. Through the intercession of his aunt Gabby and uncle André (who is a servant at the National Radio in Brussels), he is allowed an internship in the state-of-the-art radio studios of the Flagey building. It will be a kick-start because when the resident sound engineer drops out, Berre is instantly promoted to ‘foley man’ and this nerd-avant-la-lettre gets to create his uni- que sounds for the radio plays that go live on air. Berre proves to be a great talent.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Caviar

Lompvis

Beluga Tree

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Cast

Berre

Jef Hellemans

Elza

Femke Vanhove

Fons Belloy

Peter van den Begin

Polak

Koen De Bouw

Tonton André

Jan Hammenecker

Tante Gaby

Els Dottermans

Dries

Nico Sturm

Samuel

Robbie Cleiren

Rifka

Rosa Marchant

Hubert

Damiaan De Schrijver

Denize

Evelien Bosmans

Ida

Antje De Boeck

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