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Whitey

(De Witte)

German title: Flachskopf
Francaise title: Filasse
Russian title: Белобрысый
Original title: De Witte

Alternative titles:
De Witte van Sichem

Drama – Belgium
Production year: 1979
Movie length: 108 minutes

Director: Robbe De Hert
Writer: Fernand Auwera, Louis Paul Boon, Ernest Claes, Robbe De Hert, Gaston Durnez
Cinematograph: Theo van de Sande, Walther van den Ende
Music: Jürgen Knieper

Movie description:

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish 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.

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