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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary André Demester shares his time between his farm and walks with Barbe, his childhood friend. He loves her secretly and painfully, accepting from her the little that she can give him. Along with the others his age, Demester leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn Demester into a warrior....

Directed By: Bruno Dumont

Written By: Bruno Dumont

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m

Flanders

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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Summary André Demester shares his time between his farm and walks with Barbe, his childhood friend. He loves her secretly and painfully, accepting from her the little that she can give him. Along with the others his age, Demester leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn Demester into a warrior....

Directed By: Bruno Dumont

Written By: Bruno Dumont

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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68% Positive
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16% Mixed
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16% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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68% Positive
13 Reviews
16% Mixed
3 Reviews
16% Negative
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88
Except for the tractors, and the tanks in the later desert battle sequences, Flanders could be taking place centuries ago. Or centuries from now.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
80
The film arrives at a familiar conclusion -- that war is hell -- but the getting there is made uniquely unsettling by Dumont's relentlessly anti-psychological disposition.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
75
With razor-sharp precision, Dumont interweaves scenes of battle with the unravelling of a young woman back home, involved with two of the soldiers. But this is not bleakness just for the sake of it. When it arrives, the ray of hope rings perfectly true for being so devoid of artifice.
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67
Once again, Dumont cycles through the pet themes of films like "L'Humanité" and "Twentynine Palms," but their repetition is beginning to seem like shtick.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
50
As a fan, it's upsetting to admit that Dumont's ideas and insights have narrowed with this picture, his relaxed pacing now lethargic, his physically and mentally thick characters too familiar, and his ice-water shocks a bit predictable. It would seem self-parodic if it weren't so damn tragic.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
30
Pretentious to the core and lacking any context or credible characterizations.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 3B Productions, arte Cinéma, C.R.R.A.V, Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), CinéCinéma, Contact Film, Soficinéma, Cofinova 2
Release Date May 18, 2007
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Haifa International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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