Flanders (Flandres)
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- Synopsis
- A man's reluctance to express his emotions has unfortunate consequences in both love and war in this drama from filmmaker Bruno Dumont. Barbe (Adelaide Leroux) is a pretty young woman living in a small village in rural France....
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- Director(s)
- Bruno Dumont
- Distributor(s)
- Int'l Film Circuit
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 91 min.
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Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites
Nonprofessional actors Boidin and Leroux deliver intense performances which shoulder the emotional weight of the film.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Flanders, which takes us from the rustic heartland of northern France to the killing fields of an unnamed foreign locale, has such a primitive poetry, we are moved even by its most gruesome moments.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
This film has few tangible pleasures, such as some somber shots of Demester walking far away in a field. Its achievement is theoretical. It wants to depict lives that are without curiosity, introspection and hope.Read the full review
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