Flanders
2006, War/Drama, 1h 31m
59 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Though Bruno Dumont recycles his typical themes and motifs, Flanders is also just as beautifully shot and convincingly acted as the director's previous movies. Read critic reviews
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Cast & Crew
Barbe
Demester
Blondel
Briche
Leclercq
Mordac
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Critic Reviews for Flanders
All Critics (59) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (20)
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November 16, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 -
[A] stilted, affected term-paper treatise on the human condition.
October 7, 2009 | Rating: C- | Full Review… -
Dumont is much more confident when he sticks to the title town and the young woman the men left behind; his habit of alternating close shots with extreme long shots and his singularly unsentimental way of showing sex are as distinctive as ever.
January 3, 2008 | Full Review… -
This film has few tangible pleasures, such as some somber shots of Demester walking far away in a field. Its achievement is theoretical.
August 17, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
The harsh and lovely achievement of Bruno Dumont's Flanders is its mixture of the concrete and the abstract. It isn't about a specific war. It's about conflict of every stripe, in any time.
August 16, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4 -
Anything but comforting. With its depiction of bestial behavior and shocking wartime violence, it's the kind of film that polarizes viewers through the raw power of its imagery.
August 3, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Flanders
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Jan 03, 2010A minimalistic but poetic anti-Heimat movie; shot with a low budget but very well directed. Grand Prix (price for 2nd best movie) at Cannes '06.William H Super Reviewer
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Jun 26, 2009This anti-war story maybe beautiful to look at but falls flat due to the fact that characters are thrown into cliched situations through a back-drop of over-indulgent sex and violence created only to induce shock.Bert R Super Reviewer
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Jun 26, 2008[font=Century Gothic]With "Flanders," writer-director Bruno Dumont continues his examination of alienation in an isolated area, back on his home turf of France. Barbe(Adelaide Leroux) is a young woman who is watching the young men of the village go off to war, most of whom she has had sex with(They have sex because they cannot possibly think of anything else to do. Acting out of boredom, it is over as quickly as it begins. No foreplay.), which includes her closest friend, Andre(Samuel Boidin). Of course, this is not the wisest course of action for a woman living in such a small community...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]War seems a natural topic for Dumont as his movies have gotten progressively more violent. Without war, I do not think these characters' lives would ever change, eternally locked into the same routine. Fighting a largely unseen enemy in an unknown country(I would like to say Iraq but I do not think that is possible under the circumstances), the soldiers display the worst aspects of their personalities which include rage, racism and misogyny.[/font]Walter M Super Reviewer
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Feb 19, 2008while I appreciate its experimental approach, the end result doesn't come within a mile of being considered a worthwhile experience.Karl V Super Reviewer
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