Directed by:
Geoffrey EnthovenScreenplay:
Pierre De ClercqCinematography:
Gerd SchelfhoutCast:
Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karel Vingerhoets, Katelijne Verbeke, Gilles De Schryver, Xandra Van Welden (more)Plots(1)
Three twenty-something special-needs men go on a road trip to Spain to lose their virginity in Come As You Are, a likable seriocomedy loosely inspired by Asta Philpot, an advocate for handicapped persons’ sexuality. Genial Jozef (Tom Audenaert) is almost completely blind. Prankster Philip (Robrecht Vanden Thoren) is a paraplegic. Likewise wheelchair-bound, Lars (Gilles De Schryver) has a degenerative terminal illness that brings on paralysis and occasional fits. Fictitiously elaborating on Philpot’s real-life trips to a wheelchair-accessible Spanish brothel and his advocacy of prostitution as one sexual-expression option for the disabled, the film is never condescending, and Geoffrey Enthoven’s assured direction likewise resists overplaying the obvious emotional cues. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Charlotte Timmers
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Zillion (2022)
Adios Amigos (2016)
Roos Van Vlaenderen
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
The Misfortunates (2009)
![Robrecht Vanden Thoren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871865_b18267.jpg)
Robrecht Vanden Thoren
Netherlands
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
The Sum of Histories (2015)
De laatste zomer (2007)
Karel Vingerhoets
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Lautrec (1998)
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)
Katelijne Verbeke
Belgium
Best movies:
Blind (2007)
Come As You Are (2011)
Home (2016)
![Gilles De Schryver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871864_b610e5.jpg)
Gilles De Schryver
Belgium
Best movies:
Ben X (2007)
Come As You Are (2011)
Turquaze (2010)
Xandra Van Welden
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
The Sum of Histories (2015)
Black Venus (2010)
![Tom Audenaert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871930_587068.jpg)
Tom Audenaert
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
The Misfortunates (2009)
Home (2016)
Asta Philpot
USA
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Come As You Are (2019)
Luc Verhoeven
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Karlijn Sileghem
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Home (2016)
Mixed Kebab (2012)
![Johan Heldenbergh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/330/159330308_b917dd.jpg)
Johan Heldenbergh
Belgium
Best movies:
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)
Antonia's Line (1995)
Ben X (2007)
Kimke Desart
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Lost Persons Area (2009)
Vincent and the End of the World (2016)
![Veerle Baetens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/199/161199958_8c01c2.jpg)
Veerle Baetens
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Loft (2008)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
![Isabelle de Hertogh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/170/169170416_pp2vrp.jpg)
Isabelle de Hertogh
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
The Brave Judge (2018) (TV movie)
150 Milligrams (2016)
Jean-Paul Dermont
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Nothing to Declare (2010)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Tuur De Weert
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Ivan Pecnik
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Labyrinthus (2014)
Nymph()maniac: Volume 2 (2013)
Marilou Mermans
Belgium
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2011)
Daens (1992)
Left Bank (2008)