2009 · comedy · drama
The Misfortunates
Directed by Felix van Groeningen1h 48m2009
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Can he defy his destiny?
Our read: The Misfortunates (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- intimate
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“You want grotesque Belgian family comedy before it turns surprisingly tender.”
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