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August 32nd on Earth (1998)

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Genus Pan (2020)

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Caught in the Net (2020)

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My Sister’s Good Fortune (1995)

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Drunken Angel (1948)

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Small Town, The (1997)

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Ebola Syndrome (1996)

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Basilisks, The (1963)

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Seventh Horse of the Sun, The (1992)

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Chess Game of the Wind, The (1976)

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Tag / Belgium

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Kid with a Bike, The (2011)

  • Criterion Collection, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 2011, Belgium, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
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Another compelling gem from the Dardennes—tender, empathetic and mature, yet so deceptively simple.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rosetta (1999)

  • Criterion Collection, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 1999, Belgium, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
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Arguably the Dardennes’ most important film with a searing performance by debutant Emilie Dequenne, though its nauseating vérité style takes getting used to.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

La promesse (1996)

  • Criterion Collection, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 1996, Belgium, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
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Now regarded as the first ‘Dardennes’ feature, this is an assured realist work about moral quandaries set to the tune of a coming-of-age film.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 by Eternality Tan

Girl (2018)

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  • 2018, Belgium
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3.5 stars

The extraordinary lead performance by Victor Polster is certainly much more compelling than the film itself, in this decent Cannes Camera d’Or winner.

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