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* DisabledLoveInterest: Aurélie [[spoiler: eventually becomes this to François, the fourth apostle]].
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: God is one, and everyone he meets likes to do this.
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I know almost no French myself, from what I can pick up, all words in its title are capitalized in both French and English.


''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament) is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie by Jaco Van Dormael (''Film/MrNobody'') released in 2015.

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''Le tout nouveau Tout Nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament) ("The Brand New Testament") is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie by Jaco Van Dormael (''Film/MrNobody'') released in 2015.
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''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament) is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie released in 2015.

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''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament) is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie by Jaco Van Dormael (''Film/MrNobody'') released in 2015.
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Tropeslashing is not allowed, so I fixed that.


* HoistByHisOwnPetard / LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: God ends up at the mercy of the very world that he created to torment humans, and it doesn't look as though he'll be escaping any time soon]].

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard / LaserGuidedKarma: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Doubles as LaserGuidedKarma. [[spoiler: God ends up at the mercy of the very world that he created to torment humans, and it doesn't look as though he'll be escaping any time soon]].
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* HumiliationConga: Upon entering the world he created, God is humiliated and beaten up several times by several different people.
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Creator/CatherineDeneuve and [[Film/LaFamilleBelier François Damiens]] also star as Ea's apostles.

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Creator/CatherineDeneuve and [[Film/LaFamilleBelier François Damiens]] Damiens also star as Ea's apostles.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: God is one, and everyone he meets likes to do this.
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* TraumaCongaLine: God deliberately puts as many members of the human race through this as possible. [[spoiler: And then he ends up going through one himself; having the stuffing kicked out of him multiple times, getting deported, almost dying twice, getting locked out of his own home and being reduced to repairing washing machines for all eternity]].

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* GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spends his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.

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* GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spends his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to evil.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard / LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: God ends up at
the evil.mercy of the very world that he created to torment humans, and it doesn't look as though he'll be escaping any time soon]].

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* EasySexChange: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.



* {{Transgender}}: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.
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The premise is that God ([[Film/ManBitesDog Benoit Poelvoorde]]) lives in Brussels and is a bitter, mean supreme being that spends most of his days terrorizing his wife (Yolande Moreau) and his daughter Ea (Pili Groyne) and otherwise inventing new ways of making the life of humans miserable.

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The premise is that God ([[Film/ManBitesDog Benoit Poelvoorde]]) (Creator/BenoitPoelvoorde) lives in Brussels and is a bitter, mean supreme being that spends most of his days terrorizing his wife (Yolande Moreau) and his daughter Ea (Pili Groyne) and otherwise inventing new ways of making the life of humans miserable.

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* Main/AnArmAndALeg: Aurélie, Ea's first apostle, is an unhappy woman that lost her arm in an accident. She now lives a reclusive life because she is convinced that nobody will love her.
* Main/AwfulWeddedLife: Martine's character arc is to get rid of her loveless, bourgeois married life.
* Main/BedroomAdulteryScene: Martine gets caught by her husband. He is understandably less baffled by the adultery than by the fact [[Main/BestialityIsDepraved she is in bed with a gorilla]].

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* Main/AnArmAndALeg: AnArmAndALeg: Aurélie, Ea's first apostle, is an unhappy woman that lost her arm in an accident. She now lives a reclusive life because she is convinced that nobody will love her.
* Main/AwfulWeddedLife: AwfulWeddedLife: Martine's character arc is to get rid of her loveless, bourgeois married life.
* Main/BedroomAdulteryScene: BedroomAdulteryScene: Martine gets caught by her husband. He is understandably less baffled by the adultery than by the fact [[Main/BestialityIsDepraved [[BestialityIsDepraved she is in bed with a gorilla]].



* Main/BestialityIsDepraved: The fifth apostle, Martine falls in love with a gorilla (it is reciprocal).
* Main/ChekhovsGun: God's wife love of baseball. [[spoiler: When Ea's apostle number grows to 18 (the number of players in a baseball match), it prompts her to take charge of the creation]].
* Main/DisabledLoveInterest: Aurélie [[spoiler: eventually becomes this to François, the fourth apostle]].
* Main/DomesticAbuse: God spends his time tormenting his family when he does not torment humanity.
* Main/GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spends his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.
* Main/JesusWasWayCool: 'JC' was a genuinely great divinity and [[BigBrotherMentor is now inspiring his little sister]].
* Main/MotherNature: God's wife has shades of this. She is a benevolent, if simple, divinity that loves flowers and baseball.
* Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ea's apostles who are all unhappy with their life at the beginning. Through Ea's miracles, they all get better lives.
* Main/TormentByAnnoyance: God regularly creates new petty laws of ''Universal Annoyance'' to torment humans.

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* Main/BestialityIsDepraved: BestialityIsDepraved: The fifth apostle, Martine falls in love with a gorilla (it is reciprocal).
* Main/ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun: God's wife love of baseball. [[spoiler: When Ea's apostle number grows to 18 (the number of players in a baseball match), it prompts her to take charge of the creation]].
* Main/DisabledLoveInterest: DisabledLoveInterest: Aurélie [[spoiler: eventually becomes this to François, the fourth apostle]].
* Main/DomesticAbuse: DomesticAbuse: God spends his time tormenting his family when he does not torment humanity.
* Main/GodIsEvil: GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spends his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.
* Main/JesusWasWayCool: JesusWasWayCool: 'JC' was a genuinely great divinity and [[BigBrotherMentor is now inspiring his little sister]].
* Main/MotherNature: LikeYouWereDying: Learning the exact date of their death leads people to be more open about what they want and more willing to achieve it, particularly if they don't have much time left. For example, Martine decides to break out of her dull marriage and have an affair, while Willy lives the rest of his days as a girl.
* MotherNature:
God's wife has shades of this. She is a benevolent, if simple, divinity that loves flowers and baseball.
* Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits: RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ea's apostles who are all unhappy with their life at the beginning. Through Ea's miracles, they all get better lives.
* Main/TormentByAnnoyance: TormentByAnnoyance: God regularly creates new petty laws of ''Universal Annoyance'' to torment humans.



* Main/TemptingFate: Kevin. After discovering that he will live for 62 years, he keeps making online videos of him jumping from heights and getting his life saved by increasingly improbable events.
* {{Main/Transgender}}: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.
* Main/YourDaysAreNumbered: The basic premise. Ea reveals to every human the date of their death, upsetting the whole creation that her father designed to torture humans by liberating them from [[Main/MortalityPhobia the fear of death]].

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* Main/TemptingFate: TemptingFate: Kevin. After discovering that he will live for 62 years, he keeps making online videos of him jumping from heights and getting his life saved by increasingly improbable events.
* {{Main/Transgender}}: {{Transgender}}: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.
* Main/YourDaysAreNumbered: YourDaysAreNumbered: The basic premise. Ea reveals to every human the date of their death, upsetting the whole creation that her father designed to torture humans by liberating them from [[Main/MortalityPhobia [[MortalityPhobia the fear of death]].
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* Main/BedroomAdulteryScene: Martine gets caught by her husband. He is understandably less baffled by the adultery than by the fact [[Main/BestialityIsDepraved she is in bed with a gorilla]].
-->''"Martine: Oh, you are already home?"''
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* Main/TemptingFate: Kevin. After discovering that he will live for 62 years, he keeps making online videos of him jumping from heights and getting his life saved by increasingly improbable events.
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* Main/GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spend his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.

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* Main/GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spend spends his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.
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* Main/BestialityIsDepraved: The fifth apostle, Martine falls in love with a gorilla (and her love is reciprocal).

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* Main/BestialityIsDepraved: The fifth apostle, Martine falls in love with a gorilla (and her love (it is reciprocal).
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* Main/AnArmAndALeg: Aurélie, Ea's first apostle, is an unhappy woman that lost her arm in an accident. She now lives a reclusive life because she is convinced that nobody will love her.
* Main/AwfulWeddedLife: Martine's character arc is to get rid of her loveless, bourgeois married life.


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* Main/DisabledLoveInterest: Aurélie [[spoiler: eventually becomes this to François, the fourth apostle]].
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* Main/Transgender: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.

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* Main/Transgender: {{Main/Transgender}}: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.
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* Main/Transgender: Willy, Ea's sixth apostle. After discovering that he/she only has a few weeks left to live, he/she decides to live them as a girl.

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The premise is that God (Benoit Poelvoorde) lives in Brussels and is a bitter, mean supreme being that spends most of his days terrorizing his wife (Yolande Moreau) and his daughter Ea (Pili Groyne) and otherwise inventing new ways of making the life of humans miserable.

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The premise is that God (Benoit Poelvoorde) ([[Film/ManBitesDog Benoit Poelvoorde]]) lives in Brussels and is a bitter, mean supreme being that spends most of his days terrorizing his wife (Yolande Moreau) and his daughter Ea (Pili Groyne) and otherwise inventing new ways of making the life of humans miserable.


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Creator/CatherineDeneuve and [[Film/LaFamilleBelier François Damiens]] also star as Ea's apostles.


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* Main/TormentByAnnoyance: God regularly creates new petty laws of ''Universal Annoyance'' to torment humans.
-->''"Law 2126: You will only break dishes after washing them"''
-->''"Law 2128: When you immerse a body in bath, the phone rings"''
-->''"Law 2129: The other line is always moving faster"''

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* Main/ChekhovsGun: God's wife love of baseball. [[spoiler: When Ea's apostle number grows to 18 (the number of players in a baseball match), it prompts her to take charge of the creation]].
* Main/DomesticAbuse: God spends his time tormenting his family when he does not torment humanity.



* Main/MotherNature: God's wife has shades of this.

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* Main/MotherNature: God's wife has shades of this. She is a benevolent, if simple, divinity that loves flowers and baseball.
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This changes after one day, Ea sneaks into his office and send to every human a text that reveals the exact moment of their death. She then proceeds to flee her home to gather her apostles and announce her Gospel (just like her big brother JC did).

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This changes after one day, Ea sneaks into his office and send sends to every human a text that reveals the exact moment of their death. She then proceeds to flee her home (through a washing machine) to gather her apostles and announce her Gospel (just like her big brother JC did).
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* Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ea's apostles who are all unhappy with their life at the beginning. Through Ea's miracles, they all get better lives.

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* Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ea's apostles who are all unhappy with their life at the beginning. Through Ea's miracles, they all get better lives.lives.
* Main/YourDaysAreNumbered: The basic premise. Ea reveals to every human the date of their death, upsetting the whole creation that her father designed to torture humans by liberating them from [[Main/MortalityPhobia the fear of death]].

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''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament)is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie released in 2015.

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''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament)is testament) is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie released in 2015.



This changes after one day, Ea sneaks into his office and send to every human a text that reveals the exact moment of their death. She then proceeds to flee her home to gather her apostles and announce her Gospel (just like her big brother JC did).

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This changes after one day, Ea sneaks into his office and send to every human a text that reveals the exact moment of their death. She then proceeds to flee her home to gather her apostles and announce her Gospel (just like her big brother JC did).did).

!!'''Tropes used:'''
* Main/BestialityIsDepraved: The fifth apostle, Martine falls in love with a gorilla (and her love is reciprocal).
* Main/GodIsEvil: God is a mean bastard that abuses his family and spend his days tormenting humans life by manipulating reality in ways that range from the petty to the evil.
* Main/JesusWasWayCool: 'JC' was a genuinely great divinity and [[BigBrotherMentor is now inspiring his little sister]].
* Main/MotherNature: God's wife has shades of this.
* Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Ea's apostles who are all unhappy with their life at the beginning. Through Ea's miracles, they all get better lives.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toutnouveautestament.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350: God exists. He lives in Brussels. He is a scoundrel.]]

''Le tout nouveau Testament'' (The brand new testament)is a Belgian-Luxembourger-French fantasy comedy movie released in 2015.

The premise is that God (Benoit Poelvoorde) lives in Brussels and is a bitter, mean supreme being that spends most of his days terrorizing his wife (Yolande Moreau) and his daughter Ea (Pili Groyne) and otherwise inventing new ways of making the life of humans miserable.

This changes after one day, Ea sneaks into his office and send to every human a text that reveals the exact moment of their death. She then proceeds to flee her home to gather her apostles and announce her Gospel (just like her big brother JC did).

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