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.

• Robbe De HertWriter
• Frans HuybrechtsWriter
• Robbe De HertDirector

• Robbe De HertRobbe
• Monique BeynsTarzan
• Freddy BeynsFreddy
• Rufus J. BonezRufus
• Frans SmoldersSmolders
• Alfred van KuykHitchcock
• Ida DequeeckerIda
• Danielle Petit-JeanNelly
• Frieda PittoorsFrieda
• Dirk EveraertDirk
• Piet RaesPiet
• Guido Van ZieleghemGuido