Where to Watch Pallieter (1976) in the US

What it's about

In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a "bon vivant"). He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with.

Cast and crew

Director

Roland Verhavert

Writer

Felix Timmermans, Hugo Claus

Starring

Eddie Brugman, Jacqueline Rommerts, Sylvia de Leur

Details

Release date

Feb 26, 1976

Language

Dutch

Country

Belgium, Netherlands

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