Pallieter (1975)
Release Date: 12 December 1975
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...
Runtime: 89 min
Vote Average: 5.2
Vote Count: 4
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Production Countries: Netherlands
Budget: $ 0
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Cast
Eddie Brugman
Jacqueline Rommerts
Sylvia de Leur
Joris Diels
Idwig Stephane
Rudi Van Vlaenderen
Herbert Flack
Manu Verreth
Jan Reusens
Jan Decleir
Alice Toen
