De Vlaschaard

De Vlaschaard (1983)

Drama

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 ...

Director: Jan Gruyaert
Writer: Jan Gruyaert

Casts

	Vic Moeremans as boer Vermeulen
	Dora van der Groen as Barbele
	René van Sambeek as Louis
	Gusta Gerritsen as Schellebelle
	Max Schnur as Doorken de slijter
	Dries Wieme as Poortere
	Dirk Celis as Bert
	Daan Hugaert as Jan
	Mark Peeters as Hugo
	Mieke De Groote as Martha
	Ilse Uytterlinden as Lea
	Marcelle Uytterlinden as Fietje
	Lien Smolders as Sofie
	Alice Toen as Tale
	Juliette Van de Sompel as Netje
	Karin Jacobs as Trees
	Jos Geens as Stafke
	Juliette De Witte as Hantje
	Mirte van Heusden as Anne
	Benthe Forrer as Louise

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