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The Misfortunates

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A person grows up in a marginal family.

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Nicolas Rapold Village Voice 11/27/2018
The Misfortunates is often very funny, and the rolling remember-when vignettes trump the typical low-country wild-hairy-man sideshows. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis NPR 06/14/2010
If Ken Loach and Roberto Benigni went into a bar, drank themselves into a stupor and emerged the next morning with a screenplay, it might look a lot like The Misfortunates. Go to Full Review Wesley Morris Boston Globe 06/10/2010
2/4
The Misfortunates is a bleak comedy that's not as funny or grim as it needs to be. Go to Full Review Norman Wilner NOW Toronto 11/27/2018
3/5
It's only when the film needs to get serious... that it comes up a little short. Go to Full Review Corey Hall Metro Times (Detroit, MI) 08/02/2010
B
A debauched clan of Belgian mullet-heads backdrop a heatfelt comedy Go to Full Review Gerald Peary Boston Phoenix 06/10/2010
2.5/4
The Misfortunates moves from intentionally depressing to, in the end, mildly uplifting -- but that likely comes too late to win over an audience that's been strapped to such a vulgar, offputting ensemble. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Felix van Groeningen

Director

Kenneth Vanbaeden

Kleine Gunther Strobbe

Valentijn Dhaenens

Gunther Strobbe

Koen De Graeve

Marcel 'Celle' Strobbe

Wouter Hendrickx

Lowie 'Petrol' Strobbe

Johan Heldenbergh

Pieter 'Breejen' Strobbe

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Movie Info

Synopsis A person grows up in a marginal family.
Director
Felix van Groeningen
Producer
Dirk Impens
Screenwriter
Christophe Dirickx, Felix van Groeningen
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2017
Runtime
1h 48m