Flanders

Aug 30, 2006

1h 31m

★ 6.2

Overview

André Demester secretly and painfully loves Barbe, his childhood friend, accepting from her the little that she gives him. He leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn him into a warrior. As the seasons go by, Barbe, alone and wasting away, waits for the soldiers to return. Will Demester’s boundless love for Barbe save him?

Genres

War

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

3B Productions

Le Fresnoy

ARTE France Cinéma

Pictanovo

Flanders Trailers

Cast

Barbe

Adélaïde Leroux

André Demester

Samuel Boidin

Blondel

Henri Cretel

Briche

Jean-Marie Bruveart

Leclercq

David Poulain

Mordac

Patrice Venant

Lieutenant

David Legay

France

Inge Decaesteker

Denis

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