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Release Date:
27 April 2005 (Belgium) morePlot:
While driving through the south of Belgium, the violoncellist Julien meets the mysterious and gorgeous... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Pretentious schlock moreCast
(Credited cast) | Lou Broclain | ... | Sylvia |
| Yann Chely | ... | Julien |
| Sasa Nikolic | ... | Patrick (as Sacha Kollich) |
 | Adèle Jacques | ... | Claudine |
| Hugues Hausman | ... | Alain |
| Michel de Warzee | ... | Georges |
| Serge Swysen | ... | Jean |
| Renaud Boucquey | ... | L'homme du cimetière |
| Samuel Lemaire | ... | L'homme à la calèche |
| Stéphane Shoukroun | ... | L'homosexuel (as Stéphane Schoukroun) |
| Félix Verbist | ... | Le curé |
| Ulysse Waterlot | ... | Le chef d'orchestre |
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The Feast of the Praying Mantis (Canada: English title) (cable TV title)The Praying Mantis (International: English title)
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Although this is a Belgian production, it shares a common flaw with some French fantasy / action / thriller movies: it's not satisfied with just being a good genre picture, no; it has to be "ART" too. Therefore, we get moments of nonsensical character behavior and downright stupidity to rival any American B-movie, mixed with a tedious pretentiousness that has the characters speaking slowly and saying things like "I met her up north....or was it up north?" (I don't know buddy, keep a note next time, alright?) and "I feel like a climber with an abyss below me". The result of the mix is not pretty at all. The only redeeming features of "The Praying Mantis" are the attractive woodsy locations, and the mysterious, ethereal beauty of the female lead, Lou Broclain (and she must be quite brave, too: at one point, she lets a real live tarantula walk all over her!). Sadly, this movie appears to have killed her career before it really had a chance to flower. (*)