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The Dark Diamond

Rudi Van den BOSSCHE

Belgium2004 90min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

If you don't solve the puzzle of a curse before the rising of the moon, you will lose your life. This film is a family movie with the material of horror films, and possesses humor and boundless imagination. The characters go back to the Middle Ages to solve the curse. The journey is noisy, but it is different from slapstick comedies. A weak narrative, unreasonable leaps and exaggerated actions by the characters are buried in the overload. Ambrous never loses his humor, even though his accursed wife needs a speedy solution, Spake and Susy gets on the time machine to solve the curse on their Aunt Albina, who has a mysterious paranormal ability. The strongest character is the forgetful genius scientist. All the characters make a good companion in this adventure. Rabbit hunting by TV CF and the actions of the empty-headed, middle-aged person with extraordinary equipment for various places are amusing. Even through the film does not have a well-structured story with tension and excitement, it has many devices for handling doubts about the weakly attached narrative. It is fantasy film based on a comic book, so you can imagine anything. Nevertheless, because they want to show many things, a reasonable approach is difficult.

Diretor

Rudi Van den BOSSCHE

1957- Belgium, From 1975 till 1994 Rudi Van den Bossche Worked at the Belgian State Television as a second director, production manager, producer and as an assistant director. With < Olivetti 82 >, Rudi Van den Bossche made his debut as a film director.