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Original title

De witte

Year

1980

Running time

106 min.

Country

Belgium

Director

Robbe De Hert

Screenwriter

Robbe De Hert, Fernand Auwera, Louis Paul Boon, Gaston Durnez. Novel: Ernest Claes

Cast

Music

Jürgen Knieper

Cinematography

Theo Van de Sande, Walther Van Den Ende

Producer

New-Star films, Visie Filmproduktie

Genre

Drama | Childhood

Synopsis

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

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Whitey

1980

Robbe De Hert