Like They Walk on the Moon (2025)
In Like They Walk on the Moon, acclaimed actor, musician and theatre-maker Wim Opbrouck and director Frederik Carbon take us on an adventure on the Belgian North Sea. Wim Opbrouck pilots the spectator to places where very few people have ever been: an offshore switch yard, wind turbines and the depths of the sea. On these locations Wim conducts his own artistic research. And thus the documentary becomes a concert movie and an experiment. The makers bring the ultimate ode to the North Sea by trying to perform the Poco Adagio from Saint-Saëns’ organ symphony with a symphonic orchestra on a sandbank. It emerges biannually, when the weather is good, for only about one hour. The orchestra becomes a metaphor for humanity, futile and yet grandiose, briefly pursuing its dreams.
Produced by Gare du Nord - Tania Berkovitch & Wim Opbrouck
A Film by Wim Opbrouck & Frederik Carbon
Written by Frederik Carbon & Wim Opbrouck
Directed by Frederik Carbon
Co-produced by IOBZ, Koud in Alaska, Buro Berkovitch, Mount Vision Pictures
Festivals and Screenings
2025 Kinepolis Special Events (September 29 - October 6) 8 screenings in the presence of Wim Opbrouck & Frederik Carbon)
2025 Filmfestival Oostende LOOK!-competition, Belgian premiere (BE)
Press
Krant van West-Vlaanderen: "Ode aan de aangespoelden en aan de zee"
De Standaard Weekblad: "When the orchestra plays at sea"
