Manneken Swing

David Deroy, Julien Bechara, Belgium, 2015, 52 minutes

Liberation of Brussels. September ’44. Behind the euphoria of the moment, a drama was unfolding. Backstage, hundreds of civilians were being arrested to be brought to justice. Among them, the head of the great INR jazz orchestra. Stan Brenders. His crime: having played for the Germans. Just as across France and the rest of Europe, other culturally-related arrests would follow. Several emblematic musicians would be anxious. Who were they? What did they represent? From a key location in Brenders mythology, right in the heart of Brussels - the Archduke - we retrace the steps of these musicians - Stan Brenders, Jean Omer and Fud Candrix - from Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders respectively, who, at a turning point in history, struck a superb jazz cord in our popular culture.

• Directed by: David Deroy, Julien Bechara
• Screenplay: David Deroy
• Photography: Tristant Galand & Kinan Massarani
• Sound: Denis Guerdon
• Image editing: Mathieu Pierart
• Sound editing: Roland Voglaire
• Mixing: Roland Voglaire
• Languages: FR
• Subtitles: FR, EN, NL
• Production: Image Création.com (Martine Barbé)
• Coproduction: Wallonie Image Production, RTBF, Proximus
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