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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.
Cast: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck, Michaël Pas, Karel Baetens, Julien Schoenaerts
Crew: Stijn Coninx (Director), Stijn Coninx (Writer), François Chevallier (Writer), Louis Paul Boon (Novel), Addy Weijers (Writer), Ryszard Chutkowski (Production Manager)
Studio: Dérives Productions, Shooting Star Filmcompany, Favourite Films
Runtime: 138 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Oct 01, 1992
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Language: Nederlands, Français, Italiano, Latin, Español
Keyword : biography industrial revolution
