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Priest Daens (1992)

Priest Daens (1992)

Drama History
Release Date: 1992, October 1
Directors: Stijn Coninx
Countries: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Production: Dérives Productions, Shooting Star Filmcompany, Favourite Films
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Michaël Pas, Johan Leysen, Leon Niemczyk, Gert Portael, Jan Decleir, Mirosław Jękot, Dariusz Kowalski, Marilou Mermans, Antje De Boeck, Frank Vercruyssen, Stijn Meuris

Overview:

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Keywords:

biography industrial revolution