Original title :
Die helaasheid der dingen
French title :
La Merditude des choses
Country Production :
Belgique
Director :
Félix VAN GROENINGEN
Production year :
2009
Duration :
108 min
VO :
Néerlandais
Cast :
Valentijn Dhaenens, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx, Johan Heldenbergh, Bert Haelvoet, Gilda De Bal
Writer :
Felix van Groeningen, Christophe Dirickx, Adapté de : "De helaasheid der dingen" de Dimitri Verhulst
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Synopsis :
Gunther Strobbe, 13, share's his grandmother's roof with his father and three uncles. Daily, Gunther is steeped in ambiance of frenzied binges, shameless womanizing and unending bumming around...
Gunther looks likely to suffer the same fate. Unless he can find a way to get the hell out of there.
Production :
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Félix VAN GROENINGEN

Director’s biography :
Felix van Groeningen is 31 and in 2000 completed his directing studies at the Filmacademie of Ghent, where his one of his teachers, Dirk Impens, quickly noticed his unusual talent. He is considered a pioneer of the Belgian New Wave