This is one of the most literal titles I remember reading in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, it is obvious something that happens in this Belgian film from the title, but I didn't know anything else about it, I hoped it would be worthwhile. Basically Govert Miereveld (Senne Rouffaer) is a schoolteacher, he is entranced by one of his students, young woman Eufrazia 'Fran' Veerman (Beata Tyszkiewicz), and has been for some time. In his head, Govert pretends he is talking to Fran, wishing he could express and give into his feelings of love for her, but his professional position makes this impossible. Govert being unable to have his love fulfilled tries to leave, to move house, to find a new job and escape his infatuation. Govert finds employment working for the justice department, a coroner invites him to join a post mortem examination, which unintentionally leads him to an encounter with his former student. It is impossible for Govert to escape his love for Fran, the opportunity comes when they are alone in a room together, he finally tells him about his feelings for her, but he is devastated when she tells him that his already in love with another school teacher, however, it is unclear if this is reality or his disturbed mind. Also starring Hector Camerlynck as Professor Mato, Hilde Uitterlinden as Beps, Annemarie Van Dijk as Corra, Hilda Van Roose as Teacher Freken and Maurits Goossens as the Principal. Tyszkiewicz gives an interesting performance as the schoolteacher with an obsession for the young female student, you can almost sympathise with him, but his narration of his true obsessive thoughts get you questioning his mentality, it a very simple story, the scene of the title is just a distraction from the true plot, it is an interesting drama. Very good!
