Movie
Daens
1992 · 138 min
A somber, handsomely mounted historical drama that moves with quiet moral force, stirring outrage at injustice and quiet admiration for stubborn conviction.
- Directed by
- Stijn Coninx
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Starring
- Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck
- Overview
- Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Justice, class, power, corruption
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Stijn Coninx
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Starring
- Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck
