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Priest Daens (1992) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1992 · 138 mins · Dutch
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- Directed by
- Stijn Coninx
- Starring
- Matthias Schoenaerts, Jan Decleir, Johan Leysen, Fred Van Kuyk, Jappe Claes, Michaël Pas
In the 1890s Father Adolf Daens arrives in Aalst, a textile town plagued by child labor, low wages and disenfranchisement while the Catholic Church backs the elite. He writes bold columns in a Catholic paper, rallying workers. Expelled, he forms a party, wins a seat and must choose priesthood or labor activism. A young woman loves a socialist.
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