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Flying Love

Original title: Flying Home
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
5.2K
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Flying Love (2014)
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A New York businessman must choose between the deal of his career and the love of his life.A New York businessman must choose between the deal of his career and the love of his life.A New York businessman must choose between the deal of his career and the love of his life.

  • Director
    • Dominique Deruddere
  • Writer
    • Dominique Deruddere
  • Stars
    • Jamie Dornan
    • Anthony Head
    • Ali Suliman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    5.2K
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    • Director
      • Dominique Deruddere
    • Writer
      • Dominique Deruddere
    • Stars
      • Jamie Dornan
      • Anthony Head
      • Ali Suliman
    • 15User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Jamie Dornan
    Jamie Dornan
    • Colin
    Anthony Head
    Anthony Head
    • Colin's Father
    Ali Suliman
    Ali Suliman
    • Sheikh
    Max Pirkis
    Max Pirkis
    • Jason
    Sharon Maughan
    Sharon Maughan
    • Mother Colin
    Numan Acar
    Numan Acar
    • Karadeniz
    Gene Bervoets
    Gene Bervoets
    Mitchell Mullen
    Mitchell Mullen
    • Walden
    Viviane de Muynck
    • Martha
    Jan Decleir
    Jan Decleir
    • Jos Pauwels
    Charlotte De Bruyne
    • Isabelle Pauwels
    Josse De Pauw
    Josse De Pauw
    • Priest
    Nico Sturm
    Nico Sturm
    Anik Vandercruyssen
    Anik Vandercruyssen
    • Sales Women Telecom Shop
    • (as Anniek Vandercruysse)
    Piet Fuchs
    Piet Fuchs
    • Mr. Conrad
    Eline Van der Velden
    • Celia
    Omar Bin Haider
    • Sheikh Right-Hand Man
    • Director
      • Dominique Deruddere
    • Writer
      • Dominique Deruddere
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    10laurieannneilson

    Beautiful Movie

    Heart warming story and beautifully acted. Unique story plot about racing pigeons and falling in love.
    8fred_phil

    Beautiful

    Anyone with knowledge of the role Pigeoneers played in WWI and the history that pigeons played in Europe from transporting news to stock market quotes before the telegraph will enjoy this movie. Movie buffs who recall the 1940 movie "A Dispatch from Reuters" know what I mean. This of course will be missed by a lot of the younger generations.

    The scenes of Flanders Belgium are peaceful and charming. The acting is good. Jamie Dornan looked troubled throughout the movie, not happy being the cold-hearted businessman his father created, he becomes remorseful and takes a career destructive path to redemption. Charlotte De Bruyne has that European brightness and simple hometown charm that is perfect as a sweet girl from Flanders living with her grandfather.

    Make sure you use the subtitles on the DVD as some of the audio is Belgian.
    9carrera_mike

    Good moral story.

    Excellent Movie! Moving story!! Specially if you are animal lover or pigeon fancier. Depicts the true human and animal nature. Truly shows what power motivate all people and animals. Transcends over cut throat billion dollar corporate ladder climbing executives. Beautiful settings and correct character depiction of pigeon fanciers. There's nowhere else you could find a better place where true pigeon racing started but the heart of Belgium. The Pigeon Sport has grown to unbelievable magnitude but of people do not know about it. Very good moral story. Excellent acting too from everyone. James Dornan is better in this movie than 50 Shades of Gray.
    8RosanaBotafogo

    Cute bird...

    A sugary water novel, with the pigeons differential, after all, I had never seen any that dealt with the theme, Pigeon racing, which is the breeding of racing pigeons for competition... A charlatan protagonist, but with a happy ending...
    10Portrait-of-a-Statue

    A Charmer

    Flying Home (also known as Racing Hearts) is a charming love story that wins your heart. It's shy. It doesn't scream at you with special effects or violence or profanity or prurient sex scenes. It takes place in an area of Belgium most Americans don't know a lot about and in the world of pigeon racing. Flanders and doves. It's safe to say you haven't been inundated with movies about Flanders and doves. Give Flying Home a chance.

    Colin (Jamie Dornan) is a hedge-fund hot-shot who sets out to buy a bird worth 300,000 euros on behalf of an Arab dove fancier. He finds himself in a small village in Flanders among a group of dove racing aficionados and is drawn into their world with the help of a local college student and a search for the grave of his British great-grandfather. His great-grandfather, like half a million young British soldiers, died in Flanders in World War 1.

    Dornan does some subtle acting here. Colin pretends to be a high school teacher so as to hide his motive for being in Flanders. His character is acting and Dornan layers his performance. A lot of it is in his eyes. Colin's authenticity does surface, especially when he's with college student Isabel. The scene where Colin and Isabel are dancing is a beautiful study of a man who is struggling with conflicting feelings. It's tricky and I have to say Dornan nails it. If you are looking for an over-actor, Dornan is not your man. He's excellent at slowly revealing the facets of Colin.

    Isabel is played by Flemish actress Charlotte De Bruyne. Isabel is open and direct. It's clear she likes Colin but she is not aggressive at all. She's lovely and De Bruyne is winsome in the role. It's easy to see why Colin would be drawn to Isabel, especially when you compare her to the NYC women he knows.

    The Flemish actors who play the village characters are all skilled and their Flemish accented English adds a lot to the atmosphere developed by the movie. The characters are not twee at all. They are individuals and for that you can thank the writer/director Dominique Deruddere. He knows how to write characters and he knows how to tell a story.

    Keep in mind the plot sometimes hinges on unseen action. Because of this and because the world and language (there are a few subtitled passages) of Flying Home are not so familiar to us, you have to give Flying Home your full attention. Do it. You'll be rewarded with a little gem of a movie.

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      Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan who play Colin's parents also played a flirtatious couple in a popular series of Nescafé commercials.
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      Referenced in The Chase Australia: Episode #1.56 (2015)

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    • Release date
      • April 2, 2014 (Belgium)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • Dutch
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Racing Hearts
    • Filming locations
      • Flanders, Belgium
    • Production companies
      • GL Films
      • Kanakna Productions
      • Mauna Kea Films
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      • $522,792
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
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