Pallieter

movie

In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter. He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with...

Cast & crew

Eddie Brugman · Herbert Flack · Idwig Stephane · Jacqueline Rommerts · Jan Decleir · Jan Reusens · Joris Diels · Manu Verreth · Rudi Van Vlaenderen · Sylvia de Leur · Roland Verhavert · Felix Timmermans · Hugo Claus

Studios & networks

Cinécentrum N.V. · City Productie Maatschappij · Elan Film (BE) · Kunst en Kino