I saw Flanders last night but then had the misfortune to read arsaib4's review.

Why misfortune? Because there is absolutely nothing I can add that wouldn't be reiterating his comments albeit with less of a flourish. 

Definitely the most accessible film from Dumont though still way off from mainstream, I wasn't entirely convinced by his male lead as his performance (or lack of) felt forced at times, Adlade Leroux was more impressive, though certainly no milie Dequenne (Rosetta). 

Just a small point to ponder, Flanders was an area known as the killing fieds during the First World War, thousands upon thousands died in the grey stinking mud and trenches. 

Was the title and the war part of the story itself some sort of allegory to the pointless deaths upon those fields upto and including the needless killing going on at present in the Middle East and humanity's inability to move on. Or am I reading too much into it? 

After all, the First World War was described as "the war to end all wars".

Cheers Trev.