Noël Godin
Noël Godin (born 13 September 1945) is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with a pie. After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work is done here." Godin insists he is non-violent and is careful to use only what he calls a "tarte classique", filled with whipped cream and perhaps a little chocolate in soft sponge cake. He says his humor can be traced back through Jerry Lewis, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers and yippies like Abbie Hoffman. Godin is inspired (for instance in his Anthologie de la subversion carabinée (1989)) by the works of the Utopian philosophers Tommaso Campanella (Civitas Solis) and Charles Fourier (La Phalange, Le Phalanstère). His ideal society is one where there is no struggle for power or money and where everybody can live in a state of perfect happiness. He is also an admirer of the anarchist Ravachol without approving his violence, sentiment which inspired him to his pie-attacks. Godin has a particularly colourful way of expressing himself, using terms like "tempêtes patissières" (pastry storm) to describe his pieing. Source: Article "Noël Godin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Credits
- 2023 · En Marche vers l'Effondrement ! as Mr Sweet
- 2022 · Mad in Belgium as
- 2012 · The Big Night as Le marié
- 2011 · The Antics Roadshow as Himself
- 2007 · 2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou? as Himself - Host
- 2005 · Royal Palace as Georges Le Gloupier
- 2005 · Les Vacances de Noël as Noël
- 2004 · Wallonie 2084 as
- 2003 · La société du spectacle et ses commentaires as Self
- 2002 · The Political Life of the Belgians as L'entarteur
- 2000 · La vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques as
- 2000 · Le journal de Joseph M. as Man throw a pie in Brussels
- 2000 · Tout est calme as Porte
- 1998 · Homo Cinematographicus as Self
- 1997 · Mr. Manatane's Notebooks as
- 1997 · Painting with Falls as
- 1997 · Cream and Punishment as Le Gloupier
- 1996 · La vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos as Pierre Mertens
- 1991 · Boudou prend son bain as
- 1989 · Easy in Mind as Le bavard
- 1982 · Cinématon XXII as N°214
- 1978 · Cinématon as N°214
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1975 · Grève et pets as
- 1970 · Le sexe enragé as Le curé
- 1968 · Satan Bouche un Coin as
- 1966 · Grand Prix as Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
- Future · Cinématon n°214 : Noël Godin as
- Future · Dans l’ère du temps as