Synopsis
This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques BoigelotDirector
- René WheelerScreenplay
- Paul UyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christian BarbierStanne Vanasche
- Georges PoujoulyLouis
- Claire WauthionLodia
- Héléna MansonJohanna
- Arlette SchreiberRosa
- Nicole ValbergJulia
- Lucien RaimbourgJardinier
- Georges VandéricAloysius
- Marthe DugardSoeur Thérésia
- Josi JoletJules
- Irène VernalFine
- Charles GilbertCuré