De Vlaschaard

Synopsis

In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, nobody else's word is ever taken seriously, just scolded fools, he rather risks being wrong then considering any advice. His marriage is based on a grim understanding: the wife Barbele accepts his heartless manner with everyone, even their studious, smart, healthy, studly son and heir Louis, but his two silly sisters are spoiled with a pointless fancy nunnery boarding school education fit for the upper classes. Farm-life is hard enough, laboring without machines or reliable weather, but this year the stubborn master made it even worse by picking the riskier, badly drained field and sowing later then his neighbors, even when luck turns he'll fetch a lower price for it. Poor practically perfect Louis is granted neither praise, respect nor any pleasure, however hard and well he slaves, obedient like the hired farmhands although well-read. Even ...

Main Cast

Vic Moeremans

boer Vermeulen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Dora van der Groen

Barbele

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

René van Sambeek

Louis

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gusta Gerritsen

Schellebelle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Stijn Streuvels
	Screenplay	Jan Gruyaert
Directing	Director	Jan Gruyaert
Camera	Director of Photography	Ben Tenniglo
Department	Role	Name

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