Word: dormael
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CINEMA Jaco Van Dormael essays youth, memory and growing...
...first feature, Van Dormael, 34, shuffles Thomas' memories into a meld of brief, telling scenes. But the allusive structure is not just a director's game. It is the best way to present a man's life, not as it is but as it is remembered, and to cue us to recognize that a father's, a mother's, a sibling's love is a precious, imperiled gift. The movie is as complex as a cryptic crossword, and as direct as Celestin's greeting when Thomas comes to visit his retarded brother: "You're here. I'm happy...
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