De Patrick

This movie was a real gem. I expected it to be a typical Flemish movie filled with cheap laughs, instead it's a visually impressive masterpiece with some laughs, some tears, and a very moving story about loss. It is also beautifully shot and well acted (except for Hannah Hoekstra, a Dutch actress who for some reason is trying to pass off a horrible Flemish accent). I disliked Kevin Janssens before this movie, but since seeing him in De Patrick he has become one of my favourite actors, and I respect him for being brave enough to take on the role. This movie has become on of my favourite movies, and I think Tim Mielants is one of Belgium's most talented moviemakers.

Wonderfull story and great atmosphere. The story is about a young man who lives with his parents on a nude camping. His father runs the camping and he does the repairs.One day his favoriete hammer is stolen. He grieven about the loss and is determend to vind it again. Because of the young man's sociale struckeling evers scene is very trilling.With great actors. You also see the influences of the great comics of Belgium.

Patrick finds himself on hand with the task of managing a nudists campsite, after the death of his father, at the same time that his favorite hammer mysteriously disappears. A very interesting dark comedy that explores mourning in a different way. The shock factor with constant nudity is easily overcome in the opening minutes, as we see that nudity as a complement to the characters development, and not from a sexual perspective. Since the campsite is the only location during the film, the good photography work gives us a different perspective on it, without tiring us with the same trees or the same caravan all the time.

A fresh perspective about life. Familiar to many because the image of father, son and the world after the death of father are not original. Original can be the perspective because, in high measure, the main character is a lost hammer , becoming refuge, symbol, key of events. A film about vulnerability and isolation in yourself. Admirable crafted, beautiful acted.

Rather sweet and a little wacky if not laugh-a-minute strange film set in a nudists campsite. Patrick works with his old parents in the place in the woods but prefers to be on his own making chairs. There are two terrible things that happen. First his hammer from the set is most missing and also his father who dies. Because of the two missing for Patrick he is not of the most misplaced of the one most important at all. The splendid and unusual look of the photography the look caused by Tim Mielants on his 'Alexa Mini' the compact lightweight camera he has been most famous caught on TV Series episodes on The Terror and Peaky Blinders.