Daens
feature film, 1992
DIRECTED BY: Stijn Coninx
CAST:
Jan Decleir (svećenik Daens),
Gérard Desarthe,
Antje de Boeck,
Johan Leysen
SCRIPT:
François Chevallier,
Stijn Coninx (prema romanu Louis Paul Boona)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Walther van den Ende
Synopsis:
The story takes place at the end of the 19th century in the small town Aalst. Priest Adolf Daens arrives to the little town and witnesses horrible conditions in the local textile factory in which children work and are sexually exploited. Horrified by what he finds, the priest writes a newspaper article and starts a revolt by the exploited workers. However, the church does not support the priest’s intervention.
color, 138 minuta