1983 · 85 min · dramat

De vlaschaard

Znany też jako: Der Flachsacker · Le champ de lin · Il campo del lino

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: niderlandzki

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 ...

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Jan Gruyaert

Główne role: Vic Moeremans jako Farmer father Vermeulen, Rene Van Sambeek jako Louis Vermeulen, Marc Peeters jako Ivo, Dirk Celis jako Bert, Daan Hugaert jako Jan, Dries Wieme jako Poortere

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Scenariusz

Jan Gruyaert, Susana Rossberg, Stijn Streuvels