Daens Page #3

Synopsis: 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. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Director(s): Stijn Coninx
Production: Favourite Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Year:
1992
138 min
391 Views


You only stir up commotion.

Don't forget your catholic subscribers.

As leader of the Catholic Party...

...I won't let you smear the

pillars of our society.

I assure you...

May I introduce my brother Adolf to you?

This is our chairman.

-Pleasure.

You've arrived at the right moment.

I just warned your brother

about the context of his article.

As a priest why don't you try

to reason him.

That would be difficult.

-And why so?

Because I wrote the article

myself.

Decent of you to protect him....

But your cassock makes me

disbelieve you

I hope your conceptions

do right to your costume.

That goes without saying.

But some of your ideas don't

match your clothing.

If you want to keep your soutane,

don't start again.

You're crazy!

Talking to him like that....

What'll we do now?

-We? You just carry on....

...with another article.

Come. Take these two to the six and

from now on take the five as well.

Sort it out among you.

You lot, get to your machines!

To your machines!

Hang your coat there.

Watch out.

Wait till the machine is stationery.

Tie up your hair.

It's dangerous like that.

Keep your hands off me.

-Don't be afraid

I'm not as bad as they say

-Leave me alone

If he touches you once more,

I'll beat him up.

I'll smash his face.

I'll beat Borremans as well.

You don't believe me, do you?

You'll see...

Show Ponnet in!

Monseigneur

-Is what Daens writes true? Or not?

Depends on the point of view

the facts are considered from.

I'm a priest, a shepherd.

-That's not what I asked.

Nobody can deny that poverty

reigns in Aalst, Monseigneur,

just like in many other cities,

but we do our best to help.

Did....Daens ever show you

his sermons?

No. I'm not good enough!

Sometimes he doesn't even

bother to speak to me.

I try to behave like a Christian,

but my feelings do not

really matter here.

You can have it for a week.

You can kiss it at your leisure.

Wear your helmet, because

a bad blow is easily given.

So, Catalina comes in

and you speak to him directly

an remember :

you only have one hour

to save your life.

Borremans, come out,

I'll hit you!

Come out, if you dare!

-Get him, Titus!

Don't!

Stop that dog! - Titus!

Titus!.....Heel!

Leave me alone.

-I want to help you.

Priests are for the rich.

Father, what is going on?

Father, come...your wounds

need treating.

No need to clean up St. Ursula.

No celebration for her this year.

And neither for us. No mass.

No party.

Leave them alone, dad.

Come on, go home, dad.

But father, you are hurt!

You scare people

-Guess so.

But this needs to be tended to.

What's your name?

-Nette, Nette Scholliers.

Come.

We have nothing as it is.

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Fernand Auwera

Ferdinand Van der Auwera (26 November 1929 in Antwerp - 27 October 2015), pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life (solitude), had an effect on his first literary work. He started his career as a civil servant and worked for the journal Volkskrant and the literary magazine Dietsche Warande en Belfort. He made his literary debut with the psychological novel De weddenschap (E: The bet) in (1963). Later he made the statement that he wrote as a therapy, such as with Zelfportret met gesloten ogen (E: Self-portrait with closed eyes) (1973) and Uit het raam springen moet als nutteloos worden beschouwd (E: Jumping out of the window must be considered useless) (1983), which was made into a movie Springen. In Schrijven of schieten (E: Writing or shooting) (1969) and Geen daden maar woorden (E: No deeds but words) (1970), he published several interviews with fellow writers. In addition he wrote some books for children and literary essays. He contributed to the screenplays of the movies De Witte van Sichem (1980) after Ernest Claes and Lijmen/Het Been (2000) after Willem Elsschot. more…

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