This Flemish heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans, the title of which translates as "farmers psalm", is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a god-fearing peasant in a pre-war Belgian village, who has a hard time accepting the curate's assurance it's all part of God's grand plan when his loved ones keep coming to terrible h... Read all
Release: 1989
Genres: Drama
Director: Roland Verhavert
Actors: Ronny Waterschoot, Jef Burm, Magda Lesage, Christel Domen, Ugo Prinsen, Karen van Parijs, Erik Goossens, Jacky Morel, Ludo Busschots, Bert André, Rudi Delhem, Sofie Decleir, Günther Lesage, Fabienne Rosseel, Eric Clerckx, Chris Cauwenberghs, Karlijn Sileghem, Mark Verstraete
IMDB: 6.4
