Flanders (film)

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Flanders

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Bruno Dumont
Written by Bruno Dumont
Starring Samuel Boidin
Adélaïde Leroux
Distributed by Soda Pictures (UK theatrical)
Release dates 23 May 2006 (premiere at Cannes)
30 August 2006
6 July 2007 (UK)
Running time 91 minutes
Country France
Language French
Arabic (?)

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.

Cast

  • Adélaïde Leroux - Barbe
  • Samuel Boidin - André Demester
  • Henri Cretel - Blondel
  • Jean-Marie Bruveart - Briche
  • David Poulain - Leclercq
  • Patrice Venant - Mordac
  • David Legay - Lieutenant
  • Inge Decaesteker - France

Awards

The film won the Grand Prix at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Flanders". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13. 

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Broken Flowers
Grand Prix, Cannes
2006
Succeeded by
The Mourning Forest
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