Jacques Brel fou de vivre

Presents archival material as well as interviews with those who were close to Jacques Brel who died way too young at age 49 Jacques Brel sings Madeleine over the opening credits of this film and immediately the audience is drawn into the intense theatricality of his performance Left without a choice they follow his lead join the chanson and are left sweaty and breathless just like Brel Philippe Kohly a documentary filmmaker who is renowned for profiling artists created a fascinating portrait of the legendary singer of Flemish descent who became a master of French chanson