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A bas les clichés
 
Geoffrey Enthoven voulait à tout prix éviter les clichés liés à l'handicap. En partant d'une histoire vraie, donc fort documentée, il savait que le pari allait être réussi. Le cinéaste raconte:
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"Notre but était de faire oublier au bout de cinq minutes que les personnages étaient des handicapés. On a fait une projection-test de Hasta la vista. L’une des questions posées ensuite aux spectateurs était: quel est pour vous le sujet de ce film ? Avec comme réponses possibles: le handicap, l’amour, le voyage, l’amitié. La grande majorité a encerclé: l’amitié. Ça m’a réjoui, parce que ça veut dire que le film montre que tout le monde est atteint d’un handicap en matière de communication avec les autres. Et c’est ce que je voulais raconter".
 
Fidélité
 
Hasta la vista est le cinquième film de Geoffrey Enthoven produit par Mariano Vanhoof, cofondateur de la maison de production Fobic Films. C'est également la cinquième fois, que le réalisateur travaille à nouveau avec Gerd Schelfhout comme chef opérateur.

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L’avis de Mediafilm
 
Tout comme dans NATIONALE 7 de Jean-Pierre Sinapi, Geoffrey Enthoven (LES FILLES) traite avec bonne humeur et dérision le thème délicat de la sexualité des handicapés. À la différence que HASTA LA VISTA! met l'accent, non sur l'assouvissement du désir des protagonistes, mais sur l'amitié qui les unit. En outre, le scénario, librement inspiré d'une histoire vraie, dénonce au passage le racisme et l'intolérance au sein de la société flamande, pas toujours de façon très subtile cependant. Résultat: un road movie attachant, quoique prévisible à toutes les escales, réalisé avec souplesse et défendu par de solides interprètes.
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Robrecht Vanden Thoren réussit à rendre touchant l'odieux et égocentrique personnage du paraplégique, Gilles De Schrijver rend bien les fêlures et le caractère instable d'un jeune homme injustement condamné par la maladie et Tom Audenaert,avec son air gentiment ahuri,compose un quasi aveugle fort attendrissant Quant à Isabelle de Hertogh, elle confère force et roublardise à son personnage d'infirmière complexée et blessée par la vie,qui parviendra pourtant à s'épanouir au contact de ses turbulents passagers.
 
Texte: Louis-Paul Rioux

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Geoffrey Enthoven’s ‘‘Hasta la Vista’’ film sends us the message: Carpe Diem. Life is hard but the moments we share are the important ones. Friendship makes people recognize themselves.So, Philip(Robrecht Vanden Thoren)Lars(Gilles De Schrijver)and Josef(Tom Audenaert)are not just three young special-needs friends but three “lotus eaters” who want to pursue the dream of being independent with money abroad. After having spent a lot of years on a domestic life with parents, it’s time they discovered something different. It’s time they lost their virginity. So here the subject comes regarding this road movie about the importance of keeping the dreams alive notwithstanding any difficulties let alone different disabilities.
 
To pursue the dream of traveling- with the exact aim to visit a Spanish brothel- the three friends accept finally to be supported by Claude- Isabelle de Hertogh- who is in between a nurse and a driver for them. As soon as they realize her valuable role, their journey becomes pleasant. It is that moment Joe Dassin’s music comes to the fore. And the moments’ sharing present makes them see how this journey experience is an acquired taste. Claude performs a mother care role for all of them, whereas cityscapes change fast one after another. Dolce Vita is a fact. However, the story does not misinterpret the issue of life and death, even though the sea shootings have successfully created a balanced atmosphere of expectation in the film by setting the target destination from scratch. Sea is the destination but seems also to be the starting-point for the unknown. 
 
Consequently, it is vital that we become acquainted with the reality of special-needs men. This film illustrates some aspects of their life to make clear that they are people like all other people. Through a sense of humor, three characters are depicted in the modern era of techno vibes where mobiles are everywhere, parents’ fears continue to exist but, however, the majority of people somehow resist on disability. “Hasta La Vista” is an illustrated proof that even difficult life is life and therefore, instead of tilting at windmills, we should start spending our energy on relationships. No wonder why the film gained the audience award of EFA (European Film Academy) in 2012. Good, interesting, special.
 
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Fantastic film - 3 friends who learn the beauty and the horror of life
 
Author: butterflyripo from Germany
3 August 2012
Also known as "Come As You Are", a beautiful film from Belgium starring Tom Audenaert, Robrecht Vanden Thoren and Gilles De Schrijver as three disabled friends who want to go to Spain, to lose their virginity, the story is based upon a real-life experience. They get help by nurse Claude, played by Isabelle de Hertogh, who drives them through Belgium, France and Spain, in her own way.
 
"Hasta la Vista" is beautifully shot and realistically written - funny and sad - in the end a fantastic movie about 3 friends who learn the beauty and the horror of life. Philippe is paraplegic and hilarious, Lars sits in a wheelchair because he has cancer, and Jozef is almost blind. The actors are nothing but great, and very likable. They meet Claude who becomes the 4th friend and all together they enter a wonderful journey in which everybody learns something about themselves - but not in a cliché way! The movie is different and original, we can relate to everyone, which shows how well its done, because we're not necessary disabled like them. The end is moving and one of the strong points of the film. Absolutely recommended!
 
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Great drama
 
Author: kosmasp
19 November 2012
You really have to give credit to the filmmakers for tackling this very tough subject matter! Especially because they're not steering off to cliché country. That doesn't mean it isn't predictable, but that it feels and looks honest. The three main actors do have a lot of to work with and they'll get their moment to "shine" (no pun intended). But "Claude" is also a great character.
 
Even when the characters feel annoying, you can't be too mad at them. But you can see where all the conflict is coming from. It's not easy sometimes to walk that fine line (no pun intended), when it comes to character likability. Watch it if you like good and believable drama!

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A unique story
 
Author: Ioana P from Romania
12 June 2012
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I enjoyed this movie particularly because it is so different. You have three friends, young men with various handicaps, they want to live their life as it is and make the most of it, despite their condition. The most handsome of them is also the one that has to face the most serious and life threatening condition... 
 
Overall it is about friendship, love of course but most importantly being alive in the true sense of the word. Experiencing novelty, seeking and trying... not giving up. In the face of the most feared element of one's life... that is death. There is no running away from it, but making the most of one's life until the inevitable happens. There is sadness in the movie, throughout, even when dreams come true. But there is also pure humor. Very recommended.
 

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La critique des spectateurs ImDB
 
Well worth a watching!
Author: maximhammel from Belgium
23 September 2011
 
I went to watch this film last night with a bunch of teammates after a horrific practice. And this was just what we needed!'Hasta la Vista' has its moments where your eyes tear up with joy and laughter as well as wanting to cry your heart out just moments later. The chemistry between the trio (or perhaps I should say foursome) of actors comes across as very real and the story is truly wonderful. At times, it wanders off onto the path of predictability, but then again, which film tries to completely steer clear of this (succesful) route?
 
In conclusion, this is a very nice flick. The humour, the sadness, the like-ability of the actors along with the great acting all cumulates into a very enjoyable film where it's hard not to root for them to reach their goal. And for those interested, our night ended with some of us dancing on tables in one of the better bars in Antwerp, and I like to think it was 'Hasta la Vista' that set the mood perfectly.
 

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La critique de London City's nights (fin)
 
Here’s where I have a slight problem with the film.  The character’s desire to lose their virginities is presented as a worthwhile goal in and of itself.  Who they lose them is entirely irrelevant.  There’s evidence that this is a conscious directorial choice, the sex workers we meet later on are entirely personality-free, so much so that some cases they don't even warrant having all their speech subtitled, about as clear a signal a film can send that these people aren't worth our attention.  So, as far as the characters and audience are concerned they are ‘simply’ walking vaginas for the leads to penetrate, thus proving their adulthood and masculinity and achieving what the film paints as a literal spiritual fulfilment.
 
This disconnect between love and sex bothers me a bit.  It’s right at the centre of the film, and though there are a few notable mitigating elements that ease the morality of the situation, the two wheelchair bound leads achieve spiritual and physical fulfilment through the physical act of sex rather than through any true emotional development.  
 
Fortunately, there is one notable, strong female character at the centre of this film, Claude (Isabelle de Hertogh). She’s a combination driver/nurse/bodyguard/mother/lover for our leads, an unvarnished woman who takes no shit from her occasionally petulant and childish charges.  Without her presence the film would be toast.  She provides the necessary counterbalance to the adolescent lust that propels the plot.
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There is a somewhat unlikely development late in the film that strikes me as a little far-fetched, but Hertogh is a good enough actor to sell it in the moment.It’s also a credit to the film that it’s not afraid to have its disabled protagonists act selfishly, obnoxiously and even overtly unpleasantly. There’s a condescending tendency to show characters with disabilities as selfless and saintlike, but Enthoven is clearly confident in the quality of the performances and script, he knows that even if we see a character behaving like a little shit, we'll still be sympathetic.  Philip in particular is a real pain in the arse, and when a passer-by grabs him and angrily yells that just because he’s in a wheelchair he doesn’t have the right to insult people it feels entirely justified.
 
It’s critically important that we don’t relate to these characters purely in terms of their disabilities.  For the first act of the film it’s quite easy to think of them purely in terms of their disabilities, but by the mid-way point we've seamlessly begun understanding them in terms of their personalities and ambitions.  That this process is so invisible to the audience is a testament to three outstanding performances by our leads.
 
It’s a bit unfortunate that this should come out in the wake of The Sessions, which has somewhat stolen this film's thunder.  Good though Come as You Are is, everything from the emotional development right through to the occasionally painfully realistic depiction of disabled life is more effective in The Sessions.  But that aside, this film has a great script,  is intelligently directed and has four perfectly pitched bits of character acting. Come as You Are let us engage with a situation that might be awkward and uncomfortable,but is nonetheless a reality for countless people around the world.  Well worth a watch.
 
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La critique de London City's nights (2)
 
Crucially, this depiction of disabled life feels honest and accurate. The film takes pains to highlight both the ways in which our leads overcome their disabilities and the myriad frustrations and inconveniences they experience every single day. Cleverly, Enthoven sets much of the first act of the film within the character’s houses.  
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Most of these opening scenes feature them interrupting conversations or private moments, or even just as an omnipresent background presence.  They’re well meaning, but this and the architecture of the houses creates a suffocating atmosphere.  
 
Conversely, after they escape to the road Enthoven switches to wide shots of landscapes: glistening seas, rolling fields, open starry skies and sun-dappled woodlands - the natural world bringing exhilarating liberation. It's interesting to note how the colour palette evolves throughout the film, beginning with overcast, flat strip lighting and gradually increasing in saturation as our characters get closer to their destination.
 
All of this underlines the division between the cold sterility of interiors, which are conflated with the restrictive nature of the wheelchairs, and the fleshy, tactile pleasures of the outside world.  So, appropriately, the first shots of the film are of breasts bouncing along a beach, lasciviously observed by Peter from a balcony.  But you quickly note that these are breasts shot with a conscious,horny male gaze;they’re totally divorced from their owner disembodied objects of desire

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