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  Review by Michael Scott ★★★

  If Ne me quitte pas is a documentary film, directors Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels Van Koevorden have done a superlative job of capturing the essence of their two subjects and casting them as tragicomic anti-heroes.

  If Ne me quitte pas is a feature film, Bakker and Van Koevorden have captured two of the most naturalistic, nuanced, and committed representations of alcoholism ever captured on film.

  I'm still not sure which side of the fence this Flemish evocation of Beckett falls. Perhaps it doesn't matter. Perhaps it is enough to luxuriate in the stumbling, rundown, ludicrous beauty of it all. Watching these two blackly humoured alcoholics battle with their day to day lives, wrestling with their petty dramas and pushing…

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  Review by tildedevylder ★★★★★

  liefdesverslavingen & alcoholverdriet

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  Review by PacificBeliefs ★★★★

  The implied reality of documentary film for this soused tragicomedy acts both as carrot and rod as the viewer feels both inspired and implicated by the events that unfold. Humbling moments of human honesty litter the cinematic road as the pickled pair dredge through dark ravines of suffering and shame, to the point of genuine danger. This, much like Kevin Carter's Pulitzer Prize winner, leaves us wondering if a documentarian’s decision not to impede upon events could prove to be an act of purposeful euthanasia or, worse still, manslaughter.

  Full review here - www.kosovotwopointzero.com/en/article/1361/dont-leave-me-ne-me-quitte-pas

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  Review by Rein Braeken ★★★★ 1

  Ga NOOIT in Wallonië wonen

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  Review by tuurdeleu ★★★★

  Wachten op Godot in Wallonië. Nihilistisch, fatalistisch en prachtig.

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  Review by Tofu Blok

  Pomp mij vol met valium, geef mij een cornetto en ik ga mijn levensboom zoeken

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  Review by Vinck ★★★★

  The sadness will never end

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  Review by EliIdsart ★★★★★

  an excessively intimate portrait of two men who've seen too much of life. It displays the tragedy of alcoholism, but also shows the will to rehabilitate. There were quite some heavy scenes, but the whole film has got a layer of tragicomedy over it, completely due to those two characteristic, extremely sincere men. especially the younger one with the big eyes is so brutally honest and self-concious. maybe that's the reason he can't keep his hands off the bottle. self-conciousness can be tiring. much respect for the directors who managed to come só close.

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  Review by Matt Brown ★½

  I think for the right person this thing would land like a ton of bricks. I was not that person.

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  Review by Christopher Gray ★★★

  Part of the 2014 Camden International Film Festival

  Ne Me Quitte Pas (Sunday, 3 pm, Farnsworth Art Museum)
  “Can we fuck? Just once? One little fuck?” Meet Marcel, who’s wife is leaving him in the opening scene of Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden’s film. Left without a mate and down to weekend visitation with his young children, Marcel engages more fully in his hobbies: drinking beer and hanging out with his serene, rum-guzzling pal Bob. As Marcel tries to get his act together in middle-age, Ne Me Quitte Pas unfolds in an interesting, uneasy tenor where absurdist comedy meets mundane tragedy. The film doesn’t reach its Beckettian aspirations, but its handsome, stagey frames and surprising outpourings of grief offer a lot to chew on.

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  Review by Sam ★★

  Incredibly bizarre. Moments of comedy among a whole lot of tragedy. Raises questions about making documentaries - is it okay not to step in when you can see harm being done?

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  Review by Hugo Emmerzael ★★★★★

  Tragisch en komisch; schokkend en lichtvoetig; droog en serieus.
  Briljant