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Legend of John the Inverted

Jean was born with his feet pointing backwards. His parents take him to the best orthopaedic surgeon in town, launching a marathon of twenty gruelling operations.

  • Belgium
  • 2008, 18 min
  • Director: Philippe Lamensch
  • Director of photography: C.L. Zvonock
  • Editor: Do Lefever
  • Screenplay: Philippe Lamensch
  • Cast: Fabrizio Rongione, Eric Godon, Christelle Cornil, Christophe Lambert, Jean-Louis Sbille
  • Contacts: Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
  • Producer: Catherine Burniaux


Philippe Lamensch

Philippe Lamensch left magazine journalism and photojournalism to write film and TV scripts before moving on to filmmaking in 2008. He divides his time between Brussels, Belgium, and Marseille, France. He has assisted Thierry Michel with the editing of the documentary, Congo River (2005), and written several episodes of a TV-series for teenagers.