De noorderlingen (1992)

De noorderlingen 1992 A surreal black comedy set in a decrepit 1960s housing development When his mother is drawn into sainthood and the resulting frustrations of his father become too difficult to manage, Thomas, a young boy, becomes obsessed with events on the broadcast news The liberation of the Belgian Congo is taking place and Thomas becomes Lumumba, one of the contenders as the Congos new leader He is encouraged in this escapism by Plagge, the postman who reads all the mail and knows all of the bizzarre and intimate secrets of the eccentric inhabitants of the estate