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The Carriers Are Waiting (1999)
Directed by Benoît Mariage
Overview
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.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Benoît Poelvoorde | Morgane Simon | Bouli Lanners | Dominique Baeyens | Philippe Grand'Henry | Jean-François Devigne | Lisa LaCroix | Philippe Nahon