Moscow, Belgium

At the centre of Moscow, Belgium sits Matty (Barbara Sarafian), a post office worker and mother of three who looks a little flustered and a touch careworn with her muddy blonde hair scattered about her shoulders. She lives on a somewhat oppressive housing complex on the outskirts of Ghent. Some months earlier, Matty's husband Werner (Johan Heldenbergh) - an art teacher who is younger than her - left their marriage to be with a 22-year-old student. Since then, Matty has resigned herself to a life without a man, to focus on bringing up her children. This shifts one afternoon when a road accident brings her into contact with Johnny (Jurgen Delnaet), a similarly hopeless figure who begins to court her, and to whom (after some hesitation) Matty responds. Their romance is not uncomplicated; his violent past and emotional awkwardness give her cause for doubt, while Werner, learning of his wife's new suitor, attempts to win her back. It's a detailed, well-steeped movie - sensitive and darkly comic in the best possible way. ·