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walter m @Harlequin68 09/17/2012 In "Hop," Justin(Kalomba Mboyi) desperately wants to watch the upcoming soccer match but his father Dieudonne(Ansou Diedhiou) is afraid that stealing cable could bring unwanted attention to their undocumented status. However, upon seeing his son's straight A's, he relents. And then almost immediately regrets it when the downstairs neighbors are so upset at their poor television reception that they toss Dieudonne's television out the window which does get the attention of the authorities. He is arrested while Justin gets away, stowing away in the back of Frans'(Jan Decleir) van. At first, Frans wants nothing more to do with him but soon warms to him with Frans' friend Gerda's(Antje de Boeck) intervention at the police station possibly staving off Dieudonne's deportation for a day. Proving that any movie that gets both pygmy and anarchist into the same sentence cannot be all bad, "Hop" initially cultivates the eyes with its crisp black and white cinematography with a couple of well-timed splashes of color. To its credit, the movie smartly explores such serious issues as immigration and identity in Belgium where there is a more than healthy mistrust of the authorities and that is divided by language which is supposed to be united by soccer. However, while the idea of The Hop makes sense in theory, the movie is seemingly unwilling to seriously explore its consequences, falling on the sentimental and cliched side of the equation in the process. See more 04/07/2009 My daughter and I both enjoyed this wonderful movie, a must see for all. See more 03/24/2009 Also saw this some time ago- brilliant storytelling, suspensful but believable... highly recommended. See more 09/10/2008 Sweet foreign film. Use of color, allusions, symbolic connotations of the HOP. It's great. See more 04/21/2008 Truly a great & original film !!! You won't be borred for a second... See more 10/06/2007 An interesting film, spanning French and Dutch by means of Belgium, and following transplanted African father and son when they are separated and (through creative and dangerous means) reunited. Great b/w cinematography, and some good performances. See more Read all reviews

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