Synopsis
Roger Closset is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse and a long list of curious ideas, and his wife and children must often bear the brunt of his eccentricities. Roger works as a reporter, a job he doesn't like which doesn't pay especially well, either. One day, Roger learns an area business association is sponsoring a contest for a family that can break a world record, with the grand prize being a new car. Suddenly, Roger gets a brainstorm -- if his son can open and shut a door 40,000 times in 24 hours, the car will be theirs. 15-year-old Michel, however, is not at all happy to have been drafted into this new responsibility, especially when dad builds a practice door in the backyard and finds a trainer to teach Michel how to open and close it with greatest efficiency.
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Cast
- Benoît PoelvoordeRoger
- Morgane SimonLouise
- Bouli LannersL'entraîneur
- Dominique BaeyensMadeleine
- Philippe Grand'HenryFélix
- Jean-François DevigneMichel
- Lisa LacroixJocelyne
- Philippe NahonLe responsable
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Sensitive, imaginative. - 80
Chicago Reader
An extraordinarily subtle, witty, and nuanced work. - 75
New York Post
Delightfully quirky. - 75
New York Daily News
Poignant, eccentric comedy. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
This grim black comedy from Belgium would be unbearable if it wasn't scripted with such wry humor. - 70
The New York Times
A sharp critique of empty values and pointless striving. - 60
Village Voice
Mariage takes his time and allows the film to drift in an almost ostentatiously casual manner.
