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Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon. The film stars Jan Decleir , Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, and Michael Pas , and recounts the real-life story of Adolf Daens , a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories ...
Although romanticised somewhat, and even with the addition of certain characters to strengthen the dramatic arc of the movie, this is based on a true story.
Oct 1, 1992 · Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon. The film stars Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, and Michael Pas, and recounts the real-life story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories.
- Stijn Coninx
- Brussels by Night (1983) – Marc Didden
- Daens (1992) – Stijn Coninx
- Dikkenek (2006) – Olivier Van Hoofstadt
- Girl (2018) – Lukas Dhont
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) – Chantal Akerman
- Le Huitième Jour (1996) – Jaco Van Dormael
- Loft (2008) – Erik Van Looy
- Rundskop (2011) – Michaël R. Roskam
- The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) – Felix Van Groeningen
Not a film for the faint-hearted, Brussels by Nightstill feels like a breath of fresh air even 40 years after its release due to its unconventional storytelling which includes stream-of-consciousness narration. The film tells the tale of a 40-year-old man named Max who roams the streets of the Belgian capital following a failed suicide attempt. Arr...
Directed by Stijn Coninx, Daensis a period drama based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon, which tells the true story of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in the East-Flanders municipality of Aalst who strives to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories at the end of the 19th century. When Daens moves back to his hometown, he is conf...
Dikkenekis what the film industry calls a cult classic: a film that did not do well when first released but gained a significant following afterwards through word of mouth and (at the time) DVD sales. In this film's case, the belated success comes from its vivid and humoured portrayal of Brussels' citizens who converse in the capital's traditional ...
While many may have seen Lukas Dhont's most recent (and Oscar-nominated) movie Close,his previous film – released in 2018 – most definitely also deserves a spot on this list. The movie, titled Girl, tells the evocative story of 15-year-old Lara (beautifully portrayed by young Belgian actor Victor Polster in his acting debut), a transgender girl who...
As previously mentioned, Chantal Akerman's masterpiece is not only regarded as one of the best Belgian films but as one of the greatest movies ever made, according to the film magazine Sight and Sound. The French-language film tells the story of Jeanne Dielman, a widowed housewife, who lives with her son near the capital's canal. At night, she has ...
Directed and written by the Brussels-born Jaco Van Dormael, the film was not only significant for Belgian cinema but also represented a watershed moment in the visibility of people with Down's syndrome throughout Belgium. The French-language film tells the story of Georges, a young man with Down syndrome who has recently escaped the institute he wa...
The film, directed by well-known Flemish director Erik Van Looy, tells the story of five married men who secretly share a fancy loft where they can receive their mistresses and/or latest conquests, in style and in peace. This works for all of them, until they find the body of a young woman in their loft one morning. None of them knows who the woman...
Belgium's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards may have not won the Oscar, but Rundskop (Bullhead in English, Tête de bœufin French) is widely regarded as the film responsible for lead actor Matthias Schoenaerts' international breakthrough. Directed by Michaël R. Roskam, this crime drama features the prohibited use of gro...
The Broken Circle Breakdown (also known as Alabama Monroe) is a feature film based on a play of the same name, and chronicles the lives of Didier and Elise over seven years as they fall in love through their shared passion for bluegrass music. Didier meets Elise in her tattoo parlour and invites her to the performance of his Bluegrass band. When he...
Daens is a 1992 Belgian film, directed by Stijn Coninx, which was nominated for an Academy Award. It is a biographical film based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon about the 19th century Belgian priest Adolf Daens and the emergence of Christian Democracy in Belgium.
Mar 11, 1996 · Based on a true story, this Oscar-nominated epic about Adolf Daens, a 19th-century Belgian priest who spoke out against atrocious labor practices in the factories, is a sweeping epic, reminiscent of the 1993 French film Germinal. Yet, while it shares some of the socialist romanticism of that film, it doesn't devolve into total melodrama.
Jun 12, 2012 · The film tells the story of Father Adolf Daens, a troublesome Catholic Priest who is assigned to the predominantly working class textile-production Belgian city of Aalst in the late C19th.
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