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Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Ex Drummer
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CCCP Mercurio Cinematografica L'Altrofilm CG Entertainment A-Film Distribution Palisades Tartan Metro Tartan Distribution Ltd. Siren Visual Entertainment Legend Films International Camera Obscura Blaq Out A-Film Home Entertainment CZAR Belgium
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Alternative Titles
My Way Is the Highway, Kell egy dobos!, Экс-ударник, Ena paraxeno kouarteto, Ex Baterista, 战鼓, Колишній барабанщик, Последният барабанист
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Sweden15
Göteborg International Film Festival
17 Apr 2007
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Hungary18
Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
02 Jun 2007
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Romania
Transilvania International Film Festival
02 Jul 2007
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Czechia
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
07 Sep 2007
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Canada18A
Toronto International Film Festival
21 Sep 2007
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DenmarkF
Copenhagen International Film Festival
05 Oct 2007
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UK18
Raindance Film Festival
12 Oct 2007
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Poland
Warsaw International Film Fest
20 Sep 2008
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USANC-17
Austin Fantastic Fest
Theatrical
31 Jan 2007
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USA
15 Nov 2007
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Germany16
03 Oct 2008
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Italy18+
07 Dec 2011
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Canada
07 Sep 2007
- Premiere18A Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
02 Jul 2007
- Premiere Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark
21 Sep 2007
- PremiereF Copenhagen International Film Festival
France
07 Dec 2011
- Theatrical
Germany
15 Nov 2007
- Theatrical16
Hungary
17 Apr 2007
- Premiere18 Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Italy
03 Oct 2008
- Theatrical18+ L'Altrofilm
Poland
12 Oct 2007
- Premiere Warsaw International Film Fest
Romania
02 Jun 2007
- Premiere Transilvania International Film Festival
Sweden
02 Feb 2007
- Premiere15 Göteborg International Film Festival
UK
05 Oct 2007
- Premiere18 Raindance Film Festival
USA
31 Jan 2007
- Theatrical
20 Sep 2008
- PremiereNC-17 Austin Fantastic Fest
Popular reviews
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Ein Film wie eine Kerze, die an beiden Seiten angezündet wurde. Mit einem Molotow-Cocktail. Ex-Drummer ist der räudige Bastard von Trainspotting, unglaublich wütend, düster und nihilistisch, voller verachtenswerter Figuren und immer nach dem nächsten Tabubruch schielend.
Mit anderen Worten: Eine absolute Empfehlung.
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Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
Happier than you and me.Review #200 🎉
Das EX in EX DRUMMER steht definitiv für EXTREM. Anders ist das was man in Koen Mortiers Langfilm Debüt zu sehen bekommt nicht zu beschreiben. Ein versiffter, dreckiger, stinkender Bastard von einem Film der vollgekotzt und blutend in der Ecke einer dunklen Bar liegt während aus den Boxen harter Punk dröhnt.Mortiers Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Buches von Herman Brusselmans macht keinerlei Gefangenen und nimmt dabei keine Rücksicht auf den guten Geschmack, geschweige denn auf Political Correctness. Ein durch und durch unangenehmer Film mit der vollen Ladung Nihilismus und Menschenverachtung, dessen punktuelle Gewalt Exzesse wie ein Faustschlag in der Fresse des Zuschauers landen.
Aber EX DRUMMER ist nicht…
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From the first time I saw this, it quickly became one of my all-time favourites. This film is possibly the funniest and most nihilistic black comedy out there. Filled with utterly deplorable characters in the slums of Ostend, Belgium living out their horrendous lives. The movie pulls no punches, yet it doesn't seem like it deliberately sets out to just be as offensive as possible. All of the depravity has a sense of realism to it. Though the film itself definitely explores some surreal territory including a man who lives upside down in his apartment, and a woman who loses her hair after seeing her son masturbate. There are also various creative elements to the storytelling, embodying some metafictive elements.…
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"Ex Drummer" is a pseudo milieu study about psychological and moral abysses in the interpersonal ghettos of Ostende, exaggerated with a liberally applied filter of dirt and disgust. The visuals and soundscape are definitely great. Whether the movie really wants to denounce any grievances or simply break taboos and celebrate an aesthetic of disgust dripping with piss as an anti-cultural counterprogram remains a big secret. But I can't deny a certain fascination for this movie. The sometimes comic like, bizarre narrative helps to endure the spectacle of this absurdity without sinking too deeply into the swamp of social voyeurism. I still felt kind of bad when I watched it.
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Besonders...
Besonders böse, niederschmetternd, blutig, provokant, abstoßend, bemitleidenswert, dekadent, widerwärtig, laut, düster, melancholisch, aussichtslos und schlichtweg dreckig...
Ich bin erschüttert... und verliebt.
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Not of punk, not about punk, not into punk, this is PUNK!
,,Ex Drummer‘‘ offers an energetic score, fucked up characters, disturbing violence, nasty humour and excellent, even remarkable filmmaking. It might not be for everyone due the explizit content, but this one is a damn classic anyway.
3.5 band leaders called ,,giant cock‘‘ out of 5
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these characters are absolutely DISGUSTING lmaoo. really fucked up movie in the worst ways but at least its self aware and incredibly well made. idk what to think ...
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Irredeemable and exhausting scumbag-porn. One-note characters with kiddie pool levels of depth. Tasteless vulgarity that amounts to nothing substantial. The director's understanding of his subject matter is embarrassingly immature and senseless. Fails at both being meaningful and at being a black comedy. Every chance it gets at being an interesting look into the lives of these characters is thrown out the window by substituting character development with pointless "trippy" upsidedown shots and loud music. WE GET IT. Their lives are upsidedown, no need to hit me over the head with it every 10 minutes. And, every chance it gets at being a funny black comedy ends up being reduced to a stupid dick joke. The saddest thing about the whole ordeal is that it can't even do provocation right! Every review uses offensive and provocative as buzz words to describe this mess but the only thing it provoked in me was immense boredom with its edgy teenage humor.
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Johnny Rotten’s wet dream, outstanding punk rock visuals and squawling sounds set to a grungy and mostly awful theme.
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Future cult movie? Regardless, it's that movie that you love, but couldn't possibly recommend to 99% of the people you've ever met out of fear that they might realize you're a complete piece of shit.
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Drei Belgier, die alle ein Handicap haben und in teilweise sehr brenzligen sozialen Verhältnissen leben, suchen für ihre Punkband einen Schlagzeuger. Den finden sie in Dries, einem bekannten Autor, der seine heile Welt verlässt und in die verstörende Welt der Band "The Feminists" eintaucht. Doch Dries ist intelligent und fängt an die Band zu manipulieren, was zunehmend in einer Katastrophe mündet...
Es ist schon beindruckend wie roh, niederschmetternd und schonungslos, aber auch witzig der belgische Film "Ex Drummer" inszeniert ist. Völlig verwahrloste Wohnungen, ein psychisch kranker Vater, der den ganzen Tag in seiner Zwangsjacke auf dem Bett fixiert ist, Babys, die mit Drogen ruhig gestellt werden, ein tätowierter Hypochonder, dessen Ventil es ist, wehrlose Frauen zusammenzuschlagen, dazu offen ausgelebter Rassismus…
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