De Kollega's maken de brug! (1988)

De Kollega's maken de brug! (1988). 1h 36m

“I was a big fan of the series. I consider the series as one of the best u0026#39;comedyu0026#39; series been made in Belgium. u0026#39;Comedyu0026#39; between brackets because the series give more depth and realism. Made almost 50 years ago but still very much enjoyable. Reason: the setting is very simple, a government office (pre-dating u0026#39;the officeu0026#39; by decades), the characters are very well written, the dialogues superb, realistic, recognisable and funny. The series became so popular the (national) broadcasting company (BRT) cancelled the show after 3 series u0026#39;because BRT must remain a serious institution and cannot become to popularu0026#39;… strange days in the late seventies/eightties. Anyway, after the series stopped the writer – who, as I recall, had written more scripts and stories – wrote this movie. When it came out reviews were bad, critics used to break down every belgian movie that came out those days. So… I never saw it in the movie theatres, and just recently, after decades, saw the movie the first time. And well, much better than I feared, the mixture of the characters – even expanded by adding the home and families – and mixture of comedy and tragedy make this movie very enjoyable. The setting again is very simple, the camera-work simple but effective, the acting first class (such a bunch of great actors!). Probably the lack of budget limited the creativity of the crew, but this – in time – worked out perfect. Less is more. The only thing thatu0026#39;s outdated is the music, typical soft 80ies soundtrack.”