Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)
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
as Robbe
Monique Beyns
as Tarzan
Freddy Beyns
as Freddy
Rufus J. Bonez
as Rufus
Frans Smolders
as Smolders
Alfred van Kuyk
as Hitchcock
Ida Dequeecker
as Ida
Danielle Petit-Jean
as Nelly
Frieda Pittoors
as Frieda
Dirk Everaert
as Dirk
