Underplayed Gems

Flesh and Bones (2009)

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Original title
Van Vlees en Bloed
Directed by
Tom Van Dyck
Genre
drama fiction
Country
Belgium
Length
1 season, 7 episodes
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Belgian family runs a butcher shop that has been in the family since 1952. The shop is owned by the grandmother, but run by her son and his wife. Tension erupts when their long-absent son returns home after 10 years.

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What happens

Van Vlees en Bloed (English: "Of Flesh and Blood") is an international award-winning Belgian tragicomedy and miniseries written by Tom Van Dyck and Michiel Devlieger. The series was produced by Woestijnvis and first aired in 2009 on the Belgian channel Eén. The show is about a butcher shop owned by the family Vangenechten since 1952. Although the family name was indirectly inspired by, the characters are entirely fictitious and there is no direct link with the famous Belgian Vangenechten family. Plot: Whereas André Vangenechten and his wife Liliane Verstappen run the shop, it is actually still owned by André's mother Maria Vangenechten. One day Rudy, the son of André and Liliane, suddenly turns up after an absence of 10 years. Liliane and Maria are happy, but André is not impressed. The series won many prizes such as a Golden Nymph at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and a Rockie at the Banff World Media Festival. In Belgium the series won at least 10 awards (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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