1978, La (1994)_ (qv)) and an option  was made for the novel but because the subsidies of the Flemish  government were withdrawn for _Camping Cosmos (1996)_ (qv) (made in  1996 not far from the location of _Ex Drummer (2007)_ (qv)), he  could not make the movie because of financial problems. The movie  was made ten years later by Koen Mortier (qv).