The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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. 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...
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugo ClausScreenplay
- Roland VerhavertDirector
Cast
- Eddie BrugmanPallieter
- Jacqueline RommertsMarieke
- Sylvia de LeurCharlotte
- Joris DielsPastoor
- Idwig StephaneFransoo
- Rudi Van VlaenderenOude Graaf
- Herbert FlackJonge Graaf
- Manu VerrethNonkel Manu
- Jan ReusensNonkel
- Jan DecleirBohumil
- Alice ToenTante
- Moy VinckierMaria
