Summary In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a "bon vivant"). He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with. View more details
Directed : Roland Verhavert
Written : Hugo Claus Felix Timmermans
Stars : Joris Diels Eddie Brugman Sylvia de Leur Jacqueline Rommerts
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Feb 25, 1976
Countries of origin : Netherlands Belgium
Language : Dutch
Filming locations : Chenil Montagne des Pyrénées, Belgium
Production companies : Cinécentrum N.V. Cannon City Produktie Maatschappij B.V. Elan Films
Summary In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a "bon vivant"). He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Feb 25, 1976
Countries of origin : Netherlands Belgium
Language : Dutch
Filming locations : Chenil Montagne des Pyrénées, Belgium
Production companies : Cinécentrum N.V. Cannon City Produktie Maatschappij B.V. Elan Films
