LIEGE (AFP) - Award-winning Belgian film actor Bouli Lanners tenderly applies the final brushstrokes to a traditional wooden puppet he is working on in the cellar of his home in Liege.
Following a feted four-decade career -- which saw him claim best supporting actor at the French equivalent of the Oscars this year -- the moustachioed star, 58, is increasingly turning from the silver screen to puppetry.
"A puppet hanging in a library is a dead puppet, you have to give it life, make it play," he told AFP.In an age of computer-enhanced superhero blockbusters and streaming services, the couple might seem to be swimming against the tide. "Puppetry is still very present in the DNA of the people of Liege, and it's the children who come to see it, not the older generations."Another part of the motivation for Lanners, a committed environmentalist, is to get away from what he sees as the unsustainable energy consumption of film sets."We buy the props at flea markets. We paint the sets ourselves on bed sheets."
Their troupe consists of an impressive series of around 160 characters and animals including donkeys, snakes and dragons, which they will manipulate at arm's length behind the stage.
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