Les Convoyeurs Attendent (1999)
Directed by Benoit Mariage
Sub-Genres - Absurd Comedy, Black Comedy, Family Drama, Satire |
Release Date - Mar 15, 2000 (USA) |
Run Time - 94 min. |
Countries - Belgium, Switzerland, France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In Les Convoyeurs Attendent/The Carriers Are Waiting, Roger Closset (Benoit Poelvoorde) is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse and a long list of curious ideas, and his wife and children must often bear the brunt of his eccentricities. Roger works as a reporter, a job he doesn't like which doesn't pay especially well, either. One day, Roger learns an area business association is sponsoring a contest for a family that can break a world record, with the grand prize being a new car. Suddenly, Roger gets a brainstorm -- if his son can open and shut a door 40,000 times in 24 hours, the car will be theirs. 15-year-old Michel (Jean-Francois Devigne), however, is not at all happy to have been drafted into this new responsibility, especially when dad builds a practice door in the backyard and finds a trainer to teach Michel how to open and close it with greatest efficiency. Les Convoyeurs Attendent/The Carriers Are Waiting was screened as part of the Director's Fortnight at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
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competition, door, dysfunctional, eccentric, father, obsession, reporter, training, world-record