Record hunter

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Movie
German title Record hunter
Original title Les convoyeurs attendent
Country of production Belgium , France , Switzerland
original language French
Publishing year 1999
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK not specified
Rod
Director Benoît Mariage
script Benoît Mariage , Emmanuelle Bada , Jean-Luc Seigle
production K2 / RTBF / K-Star / CAB (production company)
music Stéphane Huguenin , Yves Sanna
camera Phillipe Guilbert
cut Philippe Bourgueil
occupation

Rekordjäger is a Belgian-French-Swiss satire from 1999. The film is shot entirely in black and white. With other works such as Man Bites Dog, shot in 1992 (also starring Benoît Poelvoorde ), he is part of modern Belgian cinema.

action

The Closet family lives in a dreary small town in Wallonia, which is characterized by heavy industry . Father Roger works as a newspaper photographer. Whenever there is a traffic accident or other disaster, thanks to the police radio, he is one of the first on the scene. He often takes his daughter Luise with him.

Roger's greatest ambition, however, is an entry in the book of records and the associated win of a car. Son Michel, who passes the time discussing film errors on the local radio station, is trained to open and open a door 40,000 times in 24 hours.

The record attempt fails. Out of frustration, Michel steals the car that he should have won for his father and wrecks it. Michel is injured so badly that he falls into a coma . It also turns out that Michel's girlfriend is pregnant. Roger is desperate about the hopelessness of the situation: The family is running out of money and the doctors want to end the life support measures.

As if by a miracle, however, Michel wakes up from the coma and the family can celebrate the millennium together.

criticism

"Convincingly played, the film, staged in a docufictional style, exudes a fascinating touch of the morbid."

- film service

reception

In 2000 the film was nominated for the César in the category of best debut film ( Meilleur premier film ) . He had to admit defeat to Emmanuel Finkiel's work Late Journey ( Voyages ).

Publications

The film was released in French on DVD.

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