The dour yet sentimental romantic comedy “Moscow, Belgium” (Aanrijding in Moscou, 2008), directed by Christophe Van Rompaey, parlays the outline of a working-class triangle in a suburb of Ghent where Cossacks once lived into something odd and oddly warm in its best moments. The familial and affectional affinities and clashes are at once familiar and eccentric. It may well be the best Flemish May-December romance of 2009. With Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke, Sofia Ferri, Julian Borsani, Bob de Moor and Jits van Belle. 102m. (Ray Pride)
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