Peace in the Fields

Peace in the Fields 1970 Directed by Jacques Boigelot Paix sur les champs

This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.

Country Belgium

Production Country Belgium

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gnere Drama

Production Company E.G.C.

Release Date 1 January 1970

91 mins