Watch The Ardennes For Free

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Perfect cast and a good story

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Blistering performances.

A break in goes bad and Kenny (Kevin Jassens) gets left behind and takes the rap as his girlfriend Sylvie (Veerle Baetens) and brother Dave (Jeroen Perceval, co-writer) get away. Four years later Kenny gets out of prison to find things have changed. Dave works at a car wash and Sylvie is a cocktail waitress in group. What Kenny does not know and no one will tell him, is that his former girlfriend is now the girlfriend of his brother Dave.Kenny still lives by his emotions and drags the unwilling Dave into things, as Dave has trouble drawing the line with his brother.This is a Belgian crime/drama production with English subtitles. The film utilized the slow scenes to build character and to show us how Dave and Sylvie have moved on. Kenny suspects Sylvie is seeing someone else and believes it to be her boss, someone he grew up with as a child. The ending had a twist which I didn't see coming. This is a low budget film that lacks formula writing. Kudos.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Veerle Baetens)

Kenny does not believe in change. Four years in prison and he is the same as the day he walked in. Kenny expects no one and nothing else will change either. He is in for some rude surprises. To begin with Sylvie, Kenny's girlfriend, is not at the prison gate to greet him. Beneath a highway bridge, a fight in the middle of a car wash, in multi-level concrete housing projects, the flashing lights of a dance club, the misty Ardennes forest and the underworld of Belgium, the new order of things is revealed to a stubborn and disbelieving Kenny. Yet no one, however tender hearted or tough, seems to be able to get the message home to Kenny. He won't take "no" for an answer. Do beliefs bring about reality, or is it the other way around?Brotherly tensions figure prominently in the story. Kenny's brother Dave is introverted, easy-going and attempting to escape the darkness of his ardent and forceful brother's shadow. The film dialogue is intriguing, delightful and balanced. "Every time I see you I think of all the bad decisions I made in my life," Sylvie tells Kenny. She is just as hard on Dave. Tired of waiting for Dave to tell the truth to Kenny, Sylvie takes matters into her own hands. "Someone had to say something," says Sylvie. "What do you know about the truth?" Kenny asks Dave, "you think you're better than me?" "I'm different," answers Dave "it is not possible to talk to you, I tried all my life." "When you're intelligent," a prisoner says, "they take you for dangerous." Isn't that the truth?! I love the diverse, colorful and interesting settings including a tanning booth, underwater, the dance club and especially the car wash fight scene (I wish it was longer). The plot, wonderfully, kept me guessing. The acting is a little shaky at times yet entirely believable.Ending details may sometimes be revealed without ruining the plot. The specifics added often make it more difficult to figure out the ending. Such is the case here. Ostriches are involved. Good luck figuring that one out! The Ardennes is recently available through Netflix (snail mail).

What a terrific crime drama from Belgium. I the line of BULLHEAD released four years ago, you deal here with a pure product of what the Flemish film industry can give at its best. Gritty, tragic, moving, brutal film that begins as a drama for the first half before resuming as a pure dark crime tale. Depressing, not for the squeamish, I warn you. An unforgettable experience. Astounding performances pulled by a flawless cast. The story of two brothers, one from the can, and the other desperately trying to go in the right way. The director deserves to be closely watched at in the future.A pure jewel, a masterpiece.

Dave and Kenny are brothers and robbers. After a failed robbery attempt Kenny goes to prison, he kisses his girlfriend Sylvie good bye, she promises to wait for him but ultimately abandons him and starts dating his brother Dave (without telling Kenny anything, of course). OK, these things do happen. When Kenny is released from prison, Dave and Sylvie decide to keep their relationship secret (just for no reason). Kenny gets suspicious, confronts Sylvie but she still does not want to tell him the truth. Eventually Kenny finds out, goes insane and kills Sylvie. This is it. The end of the story. Why on earth was this movie made? What is the point? No answers. The characters are really dumb and lacking the kind of psychological depth or anything else that might make us sympathize with them, the plot is thin and unconvincing. Tec contribution is solid although the movie was made on a relatively low budget.