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Director:
Writers:
Louis Paul Boon (novel)
François Chevallier (writer)
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Release Date:
25 February 1993 (Netherlands) more
Plot:
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination more
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Stirring and powerful. more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jan Decleir | ... | Adolf Daens |
| Gérard Desarthe | ... | Charles Woeste |
| Antje de Boeck | ... | Nette Scholliers |
| Michael Pas | ... | Jan De Meeter |
| Karel Baetens | ... | Jefke |
| Julien Schoenaerts | ... | Bishop Stillemans |
| Wim Meuwissen | ... | Pieter Daens |
| Brit Alen | ... | Louise Daens |
| Johan Leysen | ... | Schmitt |
| Idwig Stephane | ... | Eugene Borremans |
| Linda van Dyck | ... | Elizabeth Borremans (as Linda van Dijck) |
| Jappe Claes | ... | Ponnet |
| Brenda Bertin | ... | Marie |
| Alex Wilequet | ... | Monsignor Goossens |
| Rik Hancké | ... | Nuncio |
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Also Known As:
Priest Daens (International: English title)
Priester Daens (Netherlands)
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Runtime:
UK:138 min
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Belgium | France | Netherlands
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1.66 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Netherlands:AL | UK:15
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Referenced in Musical daens (2008) (V) more
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Jan Decleir stars as the real-life populist preacher Father Daens, who helped textile workers in Europe struggle for justice in the late 19th century. This is a very moving and powerful film which squarely takes on many problems which our modern industrial societies have inherited from the Industrial Revolution.
Especially heartbreaking and infuriating are the scenes which juxtapose young factory children being overworked, abused and mangled by the textile machines with rich and powerful nobles around their sumptuous dinner tables. The emotional high point of the film, for me, came when Daens gives an impromptu speech in a church, shouting out, "People scream, 'we are hungry!' Loud and clear!" It is difficult not to be emotionally caught by such a scene.
Father Daens ultimately shows in this film what Gandhi told someone: that one's religion is in one's actions, not in one's words, clothes or wealth.