Whitey
- Original title
- De witte
- Year
- 1980
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
- Belgium
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Eric Clerckx
- Blanka Heirman
- Willy Vandermeulen
- Paul S'Jongers
- Paul-Emile Van Royen
- Jos Verbist
- Magda De Winter
- Luc Philips
- Martha Dewachter
- Bert Struys
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- 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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