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Someone Else's Happiness
Een ander zijn geluk
Belgium
2005
98 Min
Color
2.35:1
Dutch
Subtitled in English
Audio in Dutch
Synopsis
Christine’s life is changed when she discovers a child’s body by the side of the road, killed in a hit-and-run accident and left for dead. When the news breaks, the whole village is in a state of shock, and the longer the search for the killer goes on, the more the facts are obscured. But, in a small village where everyone’s lives are interlinked, no one is truly innocent and everyone has blood on their hands. Someone Else’s Happiness is Belgian director Fien Troch’s acclaimed directorial debut.
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claudia_sicon
22Apr09
excellent. just the right about of suspense and subtle social commentary. the writing and the acting is spot-on.
Valentina Sanchez
9Oct08
This film was claustrophobic in so many ways. The casting of the children in this film was spot on, interesting how they all sorta resemble each other and you keep thinking something is going to happen to one of them. Fien Troch! Hands down I am a fan. So many films have dealt with the loss of a child but not like this one.
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Someone Else's Happiness
By Robert Koehler on January 23, 2008
Fien Troch’s triumph as a tyro European filmmaker couldn’t be more complete than it is with “Someone Else’s Happiness,” a superbly staged rendering of the shock felt by a Belgian suburb after a boy is
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By Anne Feuillère on January 23, 2008
Someone Else’s Happiness is the first feature film from the 27-year-old Flemish woman who has been spotted at several festivals especially at Thessaloniki, where the film won two of the most important
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By Kim Packard on April 12, 2008
The film opens with a scene of a forest at the edge of a small river that flows along a road. A white bird flies by. Could this be a metaphor for the car that is fast approaching or the soul about… read review
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By Halim Cillov on February 6, 2008
In the tradition of ‘American Beauty’ and Ang Lee’s unforgettable ‘Ice Storm,’ Fien Troch’s ‘Someone Else’s Happiness’ exposes us a world of dark secrets and alienation that lurks behind the perfect… read review
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