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Director: Bruno Dumont
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From Time Out London
Like its predecessor 'Flanders', this is watchable enough and an improvement on the wretched 'L’Humanité', but it still feels bogus in its Bressonian aspirations and mechanical in its religiosity and ‘mysterious’ narrative drift. About (but is it really?) a young nun returned to the world to curb her more extreme inclinations, whose chance encounter with two Arab brothers from the Parisian projects has literally earth-shaking consequences, the film is often utterly implausible except on the most superficial levels. Sokolowski is occasionally effective as the lead, but she’s not subtle enough to make the film make proper sense; an inevitable ‘redemptive’ ending is pure, plagiaristic tosh.Author: Geoff Andrew
Time Out London London Film Festival 2009
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Posted on Oct 17 2009 09:44
judging by the plot, trailer and the review this looks truly awful
but calling the humanity wretched makes me quite suspicious of everything you say geoff andrew - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Bruno Dumont
Cast: Julie Sokolowksi, Yassine Salim, David Dewaele, Karl Sarafidis full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 120 mins
UK Release: Feb 17 2012
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