A good movie

Already 5 years ago, Jaco van Dormael made a come-back with ‘Mr Nobody’ a vastly ambitious European production which was barely seen when it was released but it still managed to reach cult status, especially here on listal. 13 years before, van Dormael made the very interesting ‘Le huitième jour’, one of the very few movies dealing with Down's Syndrome and it reached some massive critical success at the Cannes Film Festival. Before all that, almost 20 years before making ‘Mr Nobody’ , van Dormael released his directing debut, a rather obscure feature which is pretty much forgotten nowadays. Since I was keeping track of this director, I was really eager to check his directing debut and I wasn't disappointed. Indeed, it is a small (especially if you compare it to the scope involved in ‘Mr Nobody’) but intriguing drama and it was nice and refreshing to watch such a feature without the usual suspects. Eventually, even though van Dormael will probably never managed to reach the same status as the Dardenne brother, I still consider him one of the best directors coming from Belgium. To conclude, even though it might not be a masterpiece, it remains a decent drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Jaco van Dormael’s work.

7/10