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A beautiful old farm in Belgium is home to Pascale and her twin sons Thierry and François . Although loving and ostensibly supportive of one another, each is still reeling from the divorce that divided the family some years earlier. Now in their late teens, the boys, to some extent, have begun to move in different directions. .. Read more

Starring	Isabelle Huppert, Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens, Patrick Descamps
Director	Joachim Lafosse
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Domestic relations are reduced to a matter of Euros and cents in Joachim Lafosseâs superb, barb-filled Belgian... read more on Time Out
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- - David Jenkins
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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  Intense emotional drama
  
  A powerful character drama showing how strong and how frightening the bonds within families can be - and how close is the the line between love and hate. The ... read more »
  
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  - Oxford
  - 26 Aug 2008 at 11:12
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  And ItStarted Out So Promising...
  
  The first 1/3 of this film is lovely. Comfortable, comforting, a bit controversial, real and best of all a couple scenes that are so genuinely heartwarming and ... read more »
  
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- - thejerseygirl
  - 25 reviews
  - UK
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 00:19
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  Good drama
  
  Very french and very depressing over all. Terrible story about a unstructured family due to a bad divorce, with pathetic parenting, never the less very well ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Nov 2010 at 00:38
- - 7
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  Superb Portrait of a Disfunctonal Family
  
  A really excellent movie, gripping from beginning to end, even though the basic plot does not seem overly dramatic to start with. The performances are uniformly... read more »
  
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  - South East England
  - 30 Jul 2010 at 00:06
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  excellent film
  
  a perfect rendition of how a family can change through adversity. The acting is superb realistically understated but perfection throughout. If you want to view ... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 13 Apr 2010 at 22:43
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  Chavs Unlimited.
  
  A dreary film, depicting the conduct of a family at once ill-disciplined, self-indulgent, and idle. They spend their time stuffing their face at the dining ... read more »
  
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- - Kochise
  - 15 reviews
  - Norfolk
  - 09 Feb 2010 at 08:16
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  sad story
  
  Group of people who are all predominantly selfish. Their behaviour and relationships tend to revolve around squabbles and mundane conflicts of interest. In a ... read more »
  
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- - richarpo
  - 14 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 15 Jan 2010 at 23:48
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  Great European film.
  
  Jérémie Renier is one of my favourite actors at the moment and he delivers another high energy/emotion performance in this film. It's gritty ... read more »
  
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  - OXON
  - 05 Jan 2010 at 08:08
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  no explosive car chases I`m afraid
  
  If you are looking for ' entertainment' dont bother.
  
  This is a truly excellent film about human relationships that haunted me for days after ... read more »
  
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- - jerym
  - 26 reviews
  - caerphilly uk
  - 01 Sep 2009 at 14:19
- - 2
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  Great
  
  This is an understated but intense film looking at the disfunctionality created by a family breakdown. It is great cinematography and well worth investigating... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 31 Aug 2009 at 23:33
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  Private Property
  
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  Its so so french movie bout parents divorcin n their sons dont get on very well....
  
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- - dramaqueen200580
  - 209 reviews
  - Yeovil
  - 26 Mar 2009 at 10:28
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  Intense emotional drama
  
  A powerful character drama showing how strong and how frightening the bonds within families can be - and how close is the the line between love and hate. The ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 619223
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  - antoine
  - 26 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 26 Aug 2008 at 11:12
- - 9
  - 1
  Don't bother
  
  Plain dull, emotionally turgid at best.
  
  This film has no plot development, at times the acting is dire, smacks of amateur attempts at film making.
  
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  - Northants.
  - 21 Mar 2009 at 16:01
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  Superb Portrait of a Disfunctonal Family
  
  A really excellent movie, gripping from beginning to end, even though the basic plot does not seem overly dramatic to start with. The performances are uniformly... read more »
  
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  - South East England
  - 30 Jul 2010 at 00:06
- - 5
  - 2
  How poor
  
  A film done like by an amateur. I was very disappointed.
  
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  - Waltham Cross
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 21:23
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  Private Property
  
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  Its so so french movie bout parents divorcin n their sons dont get on very well....
  
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- - dramaqueen200580
  - 209 reviews
  - Yeovil
  - 26 Mar 2009 at 10:28
- - 4
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  Very powerful film
  
  This film is very well acted, Isabelle Hupert is superb as usual, and it is a slow moving film about strong relationships. I can see that it might not appeal to... read more »
  
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  - Hampton
  - 08 Dec 2008 at 11:42
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  Two minds
  
  I liked the film even though not much happened - it was a French 'relationship' film - I enjoyed it
  
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  - Falkirk
  - 26 Nov 2008 at 17:01
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  Good drama
  
  Very french and very depressing over all. Terrible story about a unstructured family due to a bad divorce, with pathetic parenting, never the less very well ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Nov 2010 at 00:38
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  private property
  
  a ok film, a little difficult to understand at some points
  
  overall, a average story and acting, but for some reason memorablle
  
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- - rainbowsladi
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  - Poulton-le-Fylde
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 11:13
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  Great
  
  This is an understated but intense film looking at the disfunctionality created by a family breakdown. It is great cinematography and well worth investigating... read more »
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 31 Aug 2009 at 23:33

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- Domestic relations are reduced to a matter of Euros and cents in Joachim Lafosseâs superb, barb-filled Belgian... read more on Time Out
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- - David Jenkins
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21

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  A beautiful old farm in Belgium is home to Pascale and her twin sons Thierry and François . Although loving and ostensibly supportive of one another, each is still reeling from the divorce that divided the family some years earlier. Now in their late teens, the boys, to some extent, have begun to ...