Aanrijding in Moscou (2008)

Matty, a 41-year old mother of three with a husband in his midlife-crisis, meets 29-year old Johnny, a truck driver, who takes an interest in her.

Director:

Christophe Van Rompaey

Writers:

Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Pat van Beirs

Stars:

Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh

13 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Barbara Sarafian	...	Matty
Jurgen Delnaet	...	Johnny
Johan Heldenbergh	...	Werner
Anemone Valcke	...	Vera
Sofia Ferri	...	Fien
Julian Borsani	...	Peter
Bob De Moor	...	Jacques
Jits Van Belle	...	Nicky
Griet van Damme	...	Nathalie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Buylaert	...	Fliekes 1
Yvonne Delcour	...	Oud Dametje
Thomas Dhanens	...	Bediende
Camille Friant	...	Iris
Rania Gaaloul	...	Fliekes 2
Frederik Imbo	...	Maxime

Storyline

Matty is a 41-year old troubled married woman. Or, as she puts it, her husband is going through a midlife crisis, her oldest daughter is in puberty, her youngest daughter thinks she's in puberty and her son can't find his way into puberty. And, after an accident when leaving the parking lot of the local supermarket, her car needs a repair. To her surprise and disbelief, the 29-year old driver whose truck she hits (Johnny), takes an interest in her.

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Plot Keywords:

puberty | truck | midlife crisis | truck driver | supermarket | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [France] Official site

Country:

Belgium

Language:

Flemish Dutch

Release Date:

30 January 2008 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Moscow, Belgium

Filming Locations:

Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

€725,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$183,594 (Belgium), 3 February 2008, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Private View

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot on 20 days on a shoestring budget.

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Goofs

When the accident occurs, the license plate on Johnny's truck reads "BPS-701". Later, when Johnny fixes Matty's car, her car has the exact same license plates.

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Quotes

Vera: Mom, are you taking a bath?
Matty: No, a big black guy is giving me a massage...

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Soundtracks

Ti Amo
Written by Giancarlo Bigazzi
Performed by Patrick Riguelle

User Reviews

Human drama as the story

Screenwriters, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem and Pat van Beirs have written a script that gives us close scrutiny at a woman's character and how it slowly changes or bends as circumstances arise. They have done it well.

It is more often than not that one wold find character development like this in a "foreign" film. Maybe that is changing, and that would be a good thing. If we can trust that our audiences will watch characters interacting with one another, without the need for some cinematic shock, i.e. action, suspense, sex, etc, then we may have more movies like this in the U.S. I have nothing against action, suspense, sex, etc, it's just that we could use more movies that depict character studies.

Director, Christophe Van Rompaey takes the reins and nicely dramatizes this story about a domestic life, while holding back any temptation to rush.

Very nice performances are given by Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet and Johan Hildenbergh.

Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke, Sofia Ferri , Julian Borsani, Bob De Moor, Jits Van Belle and Griet van Damme