Histoire de Détective (1929) is the third film by the Belgian director Charles Dekeukeleire. The film belongs to Dekeukeleire's avant-garde period and exudes the influence of the different avant-garde strands in Europe. Besides Histoire de Détective Dekeukeleire made three other avant-garde films: Combat de Boxe (1927), Impatience (1928) and Witte Vlam (1930).
Plot Detective T is charged by Madame Jonathan to shadow her husband, Monsieur Jonathan, due to his recent distant and distracted behavior. Monsieur Jonathan's travels lead them from Brussels to the Belgian coast, and to Luxembourg.
Credits
Director: Charles Dekeukeleire Screenplay: Maurice Casteels Starring: Pierre Bourgeois (Jonathan) Graphics: Victor Servranckx
References
Storck H., ‘Hommage a Charles Dekeukeleire’, Travelling 56-57 (1980), 82 – 83. Theys M., R. Michelems, e.a., De Belgische film. Le cinéma Belge. Belgian Film, Gent, 1999. Thompson K., ‘(Re)Discovering Charles Dekeukeleire’, Millennium Film Journal 7/8/9 (1980–81). [Online raadpleegbaar op:] *http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/dekeukeleire.php [13/11/’09]