Release Date

01 Jul, 1983

Runtime

01:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong then considering any advice. His marriage is based on a grim understanding: the wife Barbele accepts his heartless manner with everyone, even their studious, smart, healthy, studly son and heir Louis, but his two silly sisters are spoiled with a pointless fancy nunnery boarding school education fit for the upper classes. Farm-life is hard enough, laboring without machines or reliable weather, but this year the stubborn master made it even worse by picking the riskier, badly drained field and sowing later then his neighbors, even when luck turns he'll fetch a lower price for it. Poor practically perfect Louis is granted neither praise, respect nor any pleasure, however hard and well he slaves, obedient like the hired farmhands although well-read. Even ...

Original Title

De Vlaschaard

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Actors

Vic Moeremans

Dora van der Groen

René van Sambeek

Gusta Gerritsen

Max Schnur

Dries Wieme

Dirk Celis

Daan Hugaert

Mark Peeters

Mieke De Groote

Ilse Uytterlinden

Marcelle Uytterlinden

Lien Smolders

Alice Toen

Juliette Van de Sompel

Karin Jacobs

Jos Geens

Juliette De Witte

Mirte van Heusden

Benthe Forrer

Crew

Stijn Streuvels

Jan Gruyaert

Jan Gruyaert

Ben Tenniglo

Hans Kemna

Susana Rossberg

Peter Flamman

Rogier van Otterloo

Roger Defays

Yan Tax

Chris Lens

Jef Van de Water

Philippe Graff

Jan Gruyaert