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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.
Production Company: Dérives Productions, Shooting Star Filmcompany, Favourite Films,
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Genre: Drama, History
1h 35m
Not available for United States
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1
The Favourite
The English Patient
Slumdog Millionaire
Cabaret
Oppenheimer
Schindler's List
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Artist
The King's Speech
The Last Emperor
A Man for All Seasons
Gandhi
Gravity
Titanic
Ben-Hur
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