Synopsis
Aalst (Belgium) in 1893. In the factories men, women and children work 13 hours a day in atrocious conditions. There is a rising number of fatal accidents. Nette, a young worker, leads a wildcat strike.
She enlists Father Adolf Daens' help. Daens has published an article on working conditions, it has an axplosive effect. With repercussions all the way to Parliament. A Committee of Inquiry is set up despite the opposition of Charles Woeste, President of the Conservative Catholic Party.
Woeste organizes a compaign to discredit the priest (local complicity, church hierarchy and a diplomatic offensive led by King Leopold II himself), resulting in Pope Leo XIII's repudiation of Father Daens.
After a final onslaught by Charles Woeste, Father Daens is obliged to choose between the priesthood and his political activities. Nette, who had always been at his side, persuades him not to give up but to continue the struggle...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Titane
- Foreign production companies : Shooting star film company, Favourite Films, Dérives
- French distribution : Wild Bunch Distribution
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : François Chevallier, Stijn Coninx
- Director of Photography : Walther Vanden Ende
- Music Composer : Dirk Brossé
- Editor : Ludo Troch
- Sound Recordist : Henri Morelle
- Costume designer : Yan Tax
- Author of original work : Louis Paul Boon
- Co-producer : Jean-Luc Ormières
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Flemish, German, French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, The Netherlands, France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (Belgium, The Netherlands, France)
- Production year : 1993
- French release : 23/02/1994
- Runtime : 2 h 14 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 77482
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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