In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. ...
Directed byStijn Coninx
Written byFernand Auwera, Louis Paul Boon, François Chevallier
CountryBelgium, France, Netherlands
Runtime138 min
On screen
Jan Decleir
Gérard Desarthe
Antje de Boeck