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  • Het gezin van Paemel (1986)
  • 90 min | Drama, History
Het gezin van Paemel (1986)
90 min | Drama, History

Flanders' countryside in Belgium's early decades didn't belong to the hard-working farmers, like patriarch Van Paemel, who would rather die then consider any alternative to knowing his place and responding to problems like Animal farm's ...See moreFlanders' countryside in Belgium's early decades didn't belong to the hard-working farmers, like patriarch Van Paemel, who would rather die then consider any alternative to knowing his place and responding to problems like Animal farm's donkey, toiling even harder till it kills him anyhow. He rules his family expecting similar servitude, but cruel fate sees to it that his gentle son Desiré has a terrible, ill-compensated, never trialled life-long crippling rifle-accident, reducing the good, now unproductive boy to dreaming about emigration to America in never-ending pain, at the idle hands of the hunting party hosted by the baron who owns everything, and takes like his ruling class a very dim view at the demands, spearheaded by the young Socialist party, of the less docile new generation, whose protests are put down violently by gendarmes (paramiltary police)... Written by KGF Vissers See less
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Director
Composer
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Editor
Henri Erismann (as Henri Arissman)
Production Designer
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Updated Nov 30, 1986

Release date
Nov 1986 (Belgium)

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34 cast members
Name Known for
Frank Aendenboom
Rentmeester Rentmeester   See fewer
Camilia Blereau
Danielle Danielle   See fewer
Chris Boni
Boerin Van Paemel Boerin Van Paemel   See fewer
Raymond Bossaerts
Kappuyns Kappuyns   See fewer
Walter Claessens
Baron de Wilde Baron de Wilde   See fewer
Ronnie Commissaris
Kapitein Kapitein   See fewer
Harry De Peuter
Rijkswachter 2 Rijkswachter 2   See fewer
Juliette Van de Sompel
Oude keukenmeid Oude keukenmeid   See fewer
Frans Van De Velde
Pastoor Liekens Pastoor Liekens   See fewer
Luc De Wit
Willems Willems   See fewer
Andrea Domburg
Barones de Wilde Barones de Wilde   See fewer
Ille Geldhof
Cordule Van Paemel Cordule Van Paemel   See fewer
Thom Hoffman
Maurice de Wilde Maurice de Wilde   See fewer
Marc Peeters
Gewonde man Gewonde man   See fewer
Luc Philips
Deurwaarder Deurwaarder   See fewer
Marijke Pinoy
Romanie Van Paemel Romanie Van Paemel   See fewer
Raf Reymen
De St. Siffredeis De St. Siffredeis   See fewer
Senne Rouffaer
Boer Van Paemel Boer Van Paemel   See fewer
Jos Simons
Dokter Dokter   See fewer
Jenny Tanghe
Kokkin Kokkin   See fewer
Werther van der Sarren
Veldwachter Veldwachter   See fewer
Marc Van Eeghem
Kamiel (as Mark Van Eeghem) Kamiel (as Mark Van Eeghem)   See fewer
Jos Verbist
DesirĂ© Van Paemel DesirĂ© Van Paemel   See fewer
Ronny Waterschoot
Eduard Van Paemel Eduard Van Paemel   See fewer
Dries Wieme
Pastoor Pastoor   See fewer
Arnold Willems
Rijkswachter Rijkswachter   See fewer
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