Bruno Dumont follows up the controversial Twentynine Palms with this tale of a group of young soldiers who go off to war and experience some life-changing events. Flandres won the Grand Prix Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
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Director:
Bruno Dumont
Stars:
Julie Sokolowski,
Karl Sarafidis,
Yassine Salime
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Director:
Bruno Dumont
Stars:
David Douche,
Marjorie Cottreel,
Kader Chaatouf
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Director:
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Stars:
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Stars:
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Director:
Francisco Norden
Stars:
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Isabela Corona,
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Director:
Bruno Dumont
Stars:
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Director:
Klych López
Stars:
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Fernando Arevalo,
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Bruno Dumont follows up the controversial Twentynine Palms with this tale of a group of young soldiers who go off to war and experience some life-changing events. Flandres won the Grand Prix Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
This film is about a group of young men going off to war. In this far away land, they leave marks to themselves and to the enemies by their lack of morality.
I guess I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy this film. It is highly minimalistic, as it has no soundtrack or extravagant sets. The pacing is extremely slow. It basically features people walking around half the time (and I am very serious), with occasional highly disturbing scenes interspersed in the second half of the film. There is very little dialog in it, and many dramatic scenes are very minimally delivered. For example, the helicopter rescue scene, it could have been made a real drama and thriller but it was so minimal. Flandres could have been a moving tale of morality, but instead tested my endurance.
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This film is about a group of young men going off to war. In this far away land, they leave marks to themselves and to the enemies by their lack of morality.
I guess I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy this film. It is highly minimalistic, as it has no soundtrack or extravagant sets. The pacing is extremely slow. It basically features people walking around half the time (and I am very serious), with occasional highly disturbing scenes interspersed in the second half of the film. There is very little dialog in it, and many dramatic scenes are very minimally delivered. For example, the helicopter rescue scene, it could have been made a real drama and thriller but it was so minimal. Flandres could have been a moving tale of morality, but instead tested my endurance.