Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces)

Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1973
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Robbe De Hert

Camera Sutra (or the Pale Faces) — Cast

Robbe De Hert Robbe

M

Monique Beyns Tarzan

F

Freddy Beyns Freddy

R

Rufus J. Bonez Rufus

F

Frans Smolders Smolders

A

Alfred van Kuyk Hitchcock

I

Ida Dequeecker Ida

D

Danielle Petit-Jean Nelly