Pallieter 1975 Directed by Roland Verhavert
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...
Cast
Eddie Brugman
Pallieter
Jacqueline Rommerts
Marieke
Sylvia de Leur
Charlotte
Joris Diels
Pastoor
Idwig Stephane
Fransoo
Rudi Van Vlaenderen
Oude Graaf
Herbert Flack
Jonge Graaf
Manu Verreth
Nonkel Manu
Jan Reusens
Nonkel
Jan Decleir
Bohumil
Alice Toen
Tante
