Summary In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards. View more details
Directed : Stijn Coninx
Written : François Chevallier Fernand Auwera Louis Paul Boon
Stars : Jan Decleir Gérard Desarthe Michael Pas Antje de Boeck
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Feb 24, 1993
Countries of origin : Netherlands France Belgium
Language : Spanish Latin French Dutch Flemish
Filming locations : Piotrków Trybunalski, Lódzkie, Poland
Production companies : Shooting Star Filmcompany BV Favourite Films Dérives
Summary In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards. View more details
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Feb 24, 1993
Countries of origin : Netherlands France Belgium
Language : Spanish Latin French Dutch Flemish
Filming locations : Piotrków Trybunalski, Lódzkie, Poland
Production companies : Shooting Star Filmcompany BV Favourite Films Dérives