The Flaxfield
1983 · Movie · 85 min. · Netherlands
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an 'old school' patriarch, stern and authoritarian, 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 son Louis, but his two sisters are spoiled with a pointless fancy nunnery boarding school education fit for the upper classes. Farm-life is hard enough, 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.
Direction Jan Gruyaert
Cast Vic Moeremans · Dora van der Groen · Rene Van Sambeek · Gusta Gerritsen · Marc Peeters · Dirk Celis · Daan Hugaert · Mieke De Groote · Juliette Van de Sompel · Juliette De Witte · Benthe Forrer
Soundtrack Rogier van Otterloo · Wannes van de Velde
Screenplay Jan Gruyaert · Susana Rossberg · Stijn Streuvels
Cinematography Ben Tenniglo
Original title De vlaschaard
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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