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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]
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.
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,...
Nicolas Rapold Village Voice The Misfortunates is often very funny, and the rolling remember-when vignettes trump the typical low-country wild-hairy-man sideshows.
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May 17, 2009 · The Misfortunates — Film Review. Four grown men living at home with their mother makes for rich writing fodder. In this rousing Belgian comedy, Felix Van Groeningen...
Apr 9, 2010 · Bawdy, boisterous and unfailingly clear-eyed, The Misfortunates wonders whether it's possible for damaged offspring to raise children of their own.
Apr 9, 2010 · “The Misfortunates,” a Belgian coming-of-age turned coming-of-reason story about a floundering 13-year-old turned struggling man, initially comes across as...
