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Whitey (1980)

Whitey (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, December 17
Directors: Robbe De Hert
Countries: Belgium
Production: New-Star Films, Visie Filmproduktie, Visie Filmproduktie
Cast: Michaël Pas, Chris Lomme, Leo Martin, Jos Verbist, Jaak Van Assche, Luk De Konink, Reinhilde Decleir, Marleen Merckx, Sam Bogaerts, Fred Van Kuyk, Anton Cogen, Blanka Heirman

Overview:

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.