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. Barbe loves Andre (Samuel Boidin), a rough-hewn farmhand who doesn't say much and isn't comfortable sharing his feelings for her in any way other than sex. Frustrated by Andre's inability to show affection, Barbe vents her anger by sleeping with other men, and when Andre is drafted into the Army, he finds Barbe is saying goodbye to another of her lovers, Blondel (Henri Cretel), at the same time she's saying farewell to him. Andre and Blondel find themselves serving in the same outfit as they're sent to an unnamed Middle Eastern nation, where the grim circumstances of war wears away their humanity as they rape and murder civilians. Meanwhile at home, Barbe discovers she's pregnant with Blondel's child, and begins experiencing a nervous breakdown. Flanders received its world premier at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Reviews:
Roger Ebert |
Variety.com |
Rotten Tomatoes |
IMDb (external reviews)| Quote: |
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. I watched with mournful restlessness. I admire it more today than yesterday when I saw it. I will never "like" it. I can imagine showing it to a film class and confronting the uncertain eyes of the students: What forlorn "masterpiece" had I forced upon them? How would I defend it? -- Roger Ebert |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450680/IMDb Rating: 6.6/10 (1,129 votes)
Tomatometer: 69%
Directed by: Bruno Dumont
Cast:
Adélaïde Leroux .... Barbe
Samuel Boidin .... Demester
Henri Cretel .... Blondel
Jean-Marie Bruveart .... Briche
David Poulain .... Leclercq
Patrice Venant .... Mordac
David Legay .... Lieutenant
Iain De Caestaecker .... France
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Title: Flandres (2006)
AKA Flanders
Source: DVD / NTSC / Koch Lorber Films
Size: 1.172.744.610 (1/4 DVDR)
Runtime: 01:31:12
Format: MKV
Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.1292M)
Video Bitrate: 1521 kbps
Resolution: 716x364 (Anamorphic, displayed at 2.33 AR)
Aspect Ratio: 2.33 (SAR: 32/27)
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Audio Codec: AC3 (stereo)
Audio Bitrate: 192 kbps
Sampling Rate: 48 KHz
Language: French
Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: English
SA: HP @ Level 4.1 |
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