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We gladly raise
the profile of Belgian cinema (Rosetta is also a candidate
for our Festival in February)
with this straight-faced, dark comedy. Ambitious reporter
Roger (Benoît Poelvoorde, last seen in the UK in Man Bites
Dog) obsessively coaches his son Michel to break the world
record for opening and closing a door in 24 hours. Never shying
away from blacker topics than are normally to be seen in a
comedy. Mariage has constructed a beautiful, unsentimental
film with unforced surrealist moments worthy of the country
that brought us Magritte.
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