Priest Daens
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.
Year: 1992
Studio: Dérives Productions, Shooting Star Filmcompany, Favourite Films
Director: Stijn Coninx
Cast: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck, Michaël Pas, Karel Baetens, Julien Schoenaerts
Crew: Stijn Coninx (Director), Louis Paul Boon (Novel), François Chevallier (Writer), Stijn Coninx (Writer), Addy Weijers (Writer), Ryszard Chutkowski (Production Manager)
Runtime: 138 minutes
Release: Oct 01, 1992
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 65 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Language: Français, Italiano, Latin, Nederlands, Español
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : biography, industrial revolution
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