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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 (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a “bon vivant”). 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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| Ratings: | IMDB: 5.9/10 | |
| Released: | February 26, 1976 | |
| Runtime: | 89 min | |
| Genres: | Drama Romance | |
| Cast: | Eddie Brugman Sylvia de Leur Joris Diels Jacqueline Rommerts | |
| Crew: | Hugo Claus Roland Verhavert Felix Timmermans | |
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