Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas)

  • Wind

Showings

Old Town Playhouse Wed, Jul 30, 2014 9:00 AM
Sponsored by:
Alan & Susan Kirby
City Opera House Thu, Jul 31, 2014 6:00 PM
Sponsored by:
Dr. Julie Johnson
Film Info
Section:Documentary
Release Year:2013
Runtime:107 min.
Premiere Status:Midwest Premiere
Rating:NR
Production Country:Belgium
Netherlands
Original Language:French
Dutch
Subtitles:English
Web Site:http://www.pvhfilm.nl/nemequittepas
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Niels van Koevorden
Produced by:Pieter van Huystee
Screenwriter:Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Niels van Koevorden
Cinematography:Niels van Koevorden
Editing By:Sabine Lubbe Bakker
Niels van Koevorden

Description

Give this film a chance and you’ll learn something new about men (the species), laugh yourself silly, and find your American sensibilities being assaulted in the most thought-provoking ways. It’s hard to believe this deadpan movie by two Dutch filmmakers is a documentary—it doesn’t seem like any filmmaker could get such intimate access into the life of a bitter yet impossibly likable man living in the forests of isolated southern Belgium, much less two such men who have pitch-perfect chemistry as they stumble through life drowning their sorrows in booze. An infectiously lighthearted portrait of alcoholic friends who want to commit suicide, “Don’t Leave Me” plays like an upbeat “Waiting for Godot” set to a bouncy rockabilly soundtrack; it’s the ultimate absurdist buddy comedy with brains. Do not miss this film.

Screens with:
Wind
Robert Löbel | Germany | 4 min. | 2013

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