Pallieter

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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...

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Creators

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Roland Verhavert

director

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Felix Timmermans

writer

Hugo Claus

writer

Cast

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Eddie Brugman actor

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Jacqueline Rommerts actor

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Sylvia de Leur actor

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Joris Diels actor

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Idwig Stéphane actor

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Rudi Van Vlaenderen actor Herbert Flack actor

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Manu Verreth actor

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Jan Reusens actor Jan Decleir actor Alice Toen actor