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The Carriers Are Waiting (Les Convoyeurs Attendent) is a 1999 French-Belgian-Swiss comedy-drama film directed by Benoît Mariage, starring Benoît Poelvoorde. |
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Stage Mom |
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Stage Mom: Gender-inverted. Roger wants his son to break a world record. |
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Guinness Episode |
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Guinness Episode: The main plot of the film is about Roger who wants his son Michel to break a world record. |
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Bittersweet Ending |
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Bittersweet Ending : Michel did not break the world record, and his father did not win the car, but Michel comes out of a coma and the whole family can celebrate Y2K. |
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Teen Pregnancy |
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Teen Pregnancy: Jocelyne gets pregnant from her relationship with Michel. |
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New Year Has Come |
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New Year Has Come: The story ends with the celebration for the year 2000. |
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Terminology Title: "Les convoyeurs attendent" ("The carriers are waiting") is an expression used in pigeon racing: it means that the people who carry the pigeons have to wait before releasing them because of the bad weather. |
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Industrial Ghetto |
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Industrial Ghetto: The film is set in the suburbs of Charleroi, an industrial city in Belgium. |
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Villainous Breakdown |
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Villainous Breakdown: Roger, when Michel has to give up the competition, because he is too tired. He flies into a rage. |
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Dumb Is Good |
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Dumb Is Good: Félix, who is described as mentally retarded, is very kind towards Louise. In the end, he even sells his champion pigeon to help his neighbours. |
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Abusive Parents |
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Abusive Parents: Roger forces his son Michel to try to break a world record, because he would like to win a car. When his son fails, he flies into a rage. He does not treat well her daughter Louise either: he forces her to dance and to recite her poem in front of people. He ruins her birthday party too. |
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Convenient Coma |
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Convenient Coma: Michel finally comes out of a coma. |
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It's All About Me |
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It's All About Me: Roger does not seem to realize how bad he behaves towards his family. At some point, he says openly that he does not care about his son's wishes. |
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Trophy Room |
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Trophy Room: Félix has one with the trophies won by his champion pigeon. |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: Michel discusses on the radio about the film Thieves (Les Voleurs, 1996). Later, Michel and Louise watch Pédale douce (1996) on TV. |
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Cigar Chomper |
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Cigar Chomper: Roger always smokes cigarillos. |
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Deliberately Monochrome |
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Deliberately Monochrome: In harmony with the general tone of the film. |
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Elvis Impersonator |
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Elvis Impersonator: One is hired to try to get Michel out of a coma. |
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Happily Failed Suicide |
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Happily Failed Suicide: Michel drives a car into a tree, but he does not die. He goes into a coma. When he gets out of it, he is happy to live. The fact that he will soon have a child maybe helps. |
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Make a Wish |
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Make a Wish: Louise makes a wish before blowing her birthday cake candles out. It is implied she wants her brother to come out of a coma. Her wish is granted immediately. |
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Jerkass |
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Jerkass: Roger is for sure not a nice guy. He is not a good father. He also makes fun of his mentally retarded neighbour. |
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Altar the Speed |
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Altar the Speed: Jocelyne and Michel have to get married quickly, because Jocelyne is pregnant. So the ceremony takes place in the hospital, with Michel in a coma. |
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Pet the Dog |
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Pet the Dog: Roger is a selfish jerkass for most of the film, but he sometimes cares for others: he buys a balloon to consolate Louise; he tries many things to get his son out of a coma. |
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