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Flanders is a french film of genre Drama directed by Bruno Dumont with Adélaïde Leroux

Flanders (2006)

Flanders
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Length 1h30
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    War,    Romance
Rating64% 3.246393.246393.246393.246393.24639

Flanders (French: Flandres) is a 2006 French film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It tells the story of Demester, a man whose girlfriend cheats on him out of frustration with his lack of emotion. Demester is then sent to war, in an unnamed Middle Eastern country, where he experiences (and participates in) the horrors of war.

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C'est l'hiver, dans les Flandres, Demester et d'autres jeunes du pays vivent de façon extrêmement frugale sur leurs fermes, se retrouvant dans la nature pour faire l'amour ou des randonnées sans but. Demester est amoureux de Barbe, son amie d'enfance. Il supporte avec détachement ses mœurs étranges et ses amants. Avec deux amis proches, il est appelé comme soldat dans un pays qui n'est pas nommé (mais qui suggère l'Irak, ou encore l'Afghanistan). Dans l'attente du retour des deux hommes qu'elle aime, Barbe dépérit. Quant à Demester, il se transforme en guerrier, traversant avec une indifférence qui ne se relâchera jamais les combats meurtriers, le viol, la barbarie. De son côté, Barbe finit par s'effondrer, elle séjourne en hôpital psychiatrique. Demester sera le seul à revenir au pays.

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