In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Directed by Stijn Coninx
biography
industrial revolution
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
Cast
Jan Decleir
Adolf Daens
Gérard Desarthe
Charles Woeste
Antje De Boeck
Nette Scholliers
Michaël Pas
Jan De Meeter
Julien Schoenaerts
Bisschop Stillemans
Johan Leysen
Schmitt
Linda van Dyck
Elizabeth Borremans
Idwig Stephane
Eugene Borremans
Jappe Claes
Ponnet
Fred Van Kuyk
Burgemeester Van Wambeke
Herbert Flack
Van Langenhove (Liberaal)
Matthias Schoenaerts
Wannes Scholliers
Crew
Stijn Coninx
Director
Stijn Coninx
Writer
Hans Pos
Producer
Jean-Luc Ormières
Producer
Dave Schram
Producer
Maria Peters
Producer
Louis Paul Boon
Novel
Job Gosschalk
Casting
Allan Starski
Production Design
Philippe van Leer
Foley Artist
Robert Brzeziński
Stunt Coordinator
Dirk Brossé
Music
Popular Reviews
22 reviews
Nana
6.0★ · 12/30/25
Flashbacks naar het lager toen we dit moesten kijken, rewatch is funny enough ook voor een paper da ik voor school moet schrijven
Flashbacks naar het lager toen we dit moesten kijken, rewatch is funny enough ook voor een paper da ik voor school moet schrijven