The Belgian actor finds one of his most beautiful roles in Sous le vent des Marquises. The film is a mise en abyme of the end of the singer's life.
He plays Alain, a renowned actor hired to play the Belgian singer in a biopic. But Alain is not going to sing, he will rather be disillusioned. His doctor told him that he had to have surgery as soon as possible to treat cancer, otherwise it would be too late. From then on, it is the life of Jacques Brel that he plays in front of the cameras, that of Alain.