Film · Drama, History

Daens (1992)

Name: Daens
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1992-10-01
Duration: 138 min
Cast: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje De Boeck, Michaël Pas, Karel Baetens

★ 7.1 · 68 votes2 h 18 minDrama, History1992

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.

Director: Stijn Coninx
Writers: François Chevallier, Stijn Coninx, Louis Paul Boon
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Language: Dutch
Release date: October 1, 1992