Daniel Piron has the blues. His relationship is monotonous, his ideals have vanished, and even his job as a journalist is a joke. The only idea that still inspires him is to find and film Tony Sacchi, the revolutionary hero of his youth. Through this adventure, Daniel wants to rehabilitate the passionate and committed young man he once was. But, unfortunately for him, Sacchi has become a cynical gigolo. At the end of this tragicomic epic, will Daniel Piron finally understand that he must accept his disillusionment in order to find himself again?
Acting
Poelvoorde's magnificent sad-clown energy.
Writing
Dialogue that stings with self-aware regret.
Direction
Mariage's gentle mockery of masculine delusion.
Director
Benoît Mariage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Benoît Poelvoorde became Belgium's patron saint of pathetic masculinity after 'Man Bites Dog' (1992); this continues his excavation of deluded men.
The 'Cowboy' title references 1970s Belgian leftist activism — Sacchi's revolutionary past specifically alludes to the 1978 strikes at the Liège steelworks.
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