De vlaschaard (1985)

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90 min - Drama - 21 August 1985 (USA)

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Vic Moeremans	...	Farmer father Vermeulen
	Rene Van Sambeek	...	Louis Vermeulen
	Marc Peeters	...	Ivo
	Dirk Celis	...	Bert
	Daan Hugaert	...	Jan
	Dries Wieme	...	Poortere
	Carlos van Lanckere
	Jos Geens	...	Stafke
	Max Schnur	...	Doorken de Slijter
	Ben Simons
	Jos Kennis
	Rik Bravenboer
	Gil Lefever
	André Van Daele
	Frans Vercammen

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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... Written by KGF Vissers

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