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25 February 1993 (Netherlands)
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In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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Daens vs. Schindler's List and Men Weeping
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(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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UK:138 min
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Referenced in Musical daens (2008) (V)
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This is definitely the best movie ever made by a Belgian director, Stijn Coninx. Nominated for best foreign movie but alas no Oscar. During the film you will see children working on weaving machines. Children had their hands cut and young girls were brutalized or raped. Some died. This is no fiction. Coninx had to go to Poland to film where he found the exact machines still in use there which where employed 50 or 100 years ago in Belgium; on this point I'm not sure. While filming in Poland, children were still abused in long working hours,(1992)and begging for food from the crew.
In comparison to Schindler's list I gave Daens 9 points versus 1 for Schindler. I saw this movie at least 7 times. To tell you the truth I dragged all my friends to see this movie on full screen. They were all in awe, nobody complained, on each occasion we needed a brandy to recuperate :-) This is the first movie I saw men weep.