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Noël Godin
Liège, Belgium
Noël Godin (13 September 1945 - 23 august 2026) was a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group am…
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Noël Godin (13 September 1945 - 23 august 2026) was 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 insisted he was 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 said his humor can be traced back through Jerry Lewis, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers and yippies like Abbie Hoffman. Godin was 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 was also an admirer of the anarchist Ravachol without approving his violence, sentiment which inspired him to his pie-attacks. Godin had a particularly colourful way of expressing himself, using terms like "tempêtes patissières" (pastry storm) to describe his pieing.
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2023
En Marche vers l'Effondrement !
Movie Mr Sweet
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2022
Mad in Belgium
Movie
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2015
Faut Savoir se Contenter de Beaucoup
Movie Noël
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2013
Henri
Movie L'ami colombophile
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2012
The Big Night
Movie Le marié
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2011
The Antics Roadshow
Movie Himself
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2007
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou?
Movie Himself - Host
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2005
Royal Palace
Movie Georges Le Gloupier
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2005
Les Vacances de Noël
Movie Noël
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2004
Wallonie 2084
Movie
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2003
La société du spectacle et ses commentaires
Movie Self
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2002
The Political Life of the Belgians
Movie L'entarteur
- 2000
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2000
Le journal de Joseph M.
Movie Man throw a pie in Brussels
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2000
Tout est calme
Movie Porte
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1998
Homo Cinematographicus
Movie Self
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1997
Mr. Manatane's Notebooks
TV show
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1997
Painting with Falls
Movie
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1997
Cream and Punishment
Movie Le Gloupier
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1997
Peccato
Movie
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1996
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos
Movie Pierre Mertens
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1995
Le Banquet
Movie
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1991
Boudou prend son bain
Movie
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1989
Easy in Mind
Movie Le bavard
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1982
Cinématon XXII
Movie N°214
- 1982
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1978
Cinématon
Movie N°214
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self
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1975
Grève et pets
Movie
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1974
Prout prout tralala
Movie Writer
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1972
Les Cahiers du cinéma
Movie Director
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1970
Le sexe enragé
Movie Le curé
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1968
Satan Bouche un Coin
Movie
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1966
Grand Prix
Movie Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
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Dans l’ère du temps
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