Dagen zonder lief (2007)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Felix Van Groeningen

Writers:

Arne Sierens (scenario)
Felix Van Groeningen (scenario)

Release Date:

21 March 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The lives of a group of friends get disturbed when one of them comes back after having been away for some years.

Plot Keywords:

School Mate | Swimming | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Skinny Dipping | Belgium

Cast

Koen De Graeve	...	Niek
Wine Dierickx	...	Zwarte Kelly
Pieter Genard	...	Kurt
An Miller	...	Blonde Kelly
Jeroen Perceval	...	Frederic
Charlotte Vandermeersch	...	Ingrid
Tania Van der Sanden

Also Known As:

With Friends Like These (International: English title)

Country:

Belgium

Language:

Flemish | French | Dutch

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Belgium:KT

Filming Locations:

Auvergne, France

Company:

Menuet Producties

Touching in a sad and yet very funny way

Everybody who went to college and had good friends there, or spent lots of careless time with wild and young companions, will be deeply affected by this film. Dagen Zonder Lief shows us in a glowing, slow burning way what we all know: nothing lasts forever, not even friendship. The wonderful characters in Dagen Zonder Lief were young together and had loads of fun, as the subtle flashbacks show us, but those days are over. One is married and has a little baby; another one left for New York; yet another one is about to enter the snobbish world of his snobbish girlfriend. There's still a spark when they meet, but that's it: just a spark. Not the burning fire of the old days. The suicide of one or their common friends and the inexplicable need to settle prevents them from truly reliving the old days. They hardly ever mention it, but you can see it in their every movement and expression.

The acting is wonderful, the music subtle and sentiment non existing. Dagen Zonder Lief is without a doubt the best Belgian movie since Iedereen Beroemd (2000)