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Familiar Ground: Berlin Review

3:50 PM PST 2/11/2011 by Neil Young

Stephane Lafleur's second French-Canadian feature stars Francis La Haye and Sylvain Marcel

BERLIN -- (Forum) As its unassuming title suggests, French-Canadian slow-burner Familiar Ground (En terrains connus) doesn’t seek to push back any cinematic boundaries. But while droll, observationally bittersweet comedies about dysfunctional suburban families have for years been a staple of the film-festival circuit, it’s still a pleasure to see a writer/director unearthing fresh humor and pathos down such well-trodden paths.

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