Where to Watch De witte (1980) in the US

What it's about

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.

Cast and crew

Director

Robbe De Hert

Writer

Fernand Auwera, Louis Paul Boon, Ernest Claes

Starring

Eric Clerckx, Blanka Heirman, Willy Vandermeulen

Details

Release date

Mar 25, 1980

Language

Dutch

Country

Belgium

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