Gunther Strobbe
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With Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx. A thirty-something novelist and impending father looks back on his all-too-formative years in the hapless, alcohol-ridden milieu of his youth in 1980s rural Flanders, Belgium.
- (12K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Felix van Groeningen
- 2010-04-09
The Misfortunates (Dutch: De Helaasheid der Dingen) is a 2009 Belgian comedy-drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen. It is adapted from the 2006 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Belgian writer Dimitri Verhulst. [1]
The Misfortunates, a film by Felix van Groeningen, already won the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes film festival, it went on to win awards at the Hamptons International film festival,...
- 2 min
- 22K
- Flanders Image
The Misfortunates is often very funny, and the rolling remember-when vignettes trump the typical low-country wild-hairy-man sideshows. Nov 27, 2018. TOP CRITIC. If Ken Loach and Roberto Benigni...
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- Kenneth Vanbaeden
- Felix Van Groeningen
- Drama
The Misfortunates (Dutch: De helaasheid der dingen) is a 2009 Belgian comedy-drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen. It is adapted from the (partly autobiographical) book De Helaasheid der Dingen by Belgian writer Dimitri Verhulst.
- Felix Van Groeningen
The Misfortunates is a film directed by Felix Van Groeningen with Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx .... Year: 2009. Original title: De helaasheid der dingen (The Shittiness of Things). Synopsis: Person growing up in a marginal family.
Oct 7, 2009 · 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? Felix van Groeningen. Director, Screenplay.
