Whitey (1980)

ALL 12/17/1980 (nl) Drama 106 Min
  • Release
    12/17/1980
  • Production
    New-Star Films, Visie Filmproduktie
  • Rotten tomato
    49.64%
  • Original title
    De Witte van Sichem
  • Original language
    nl
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

  1. Robbe De Hert

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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Whitey (1980) 106 Min

ALL 12/17/1980 (nl)
Drama
  • Release 12/17/1980
  • Production
    New-Star Films, Visie Filmproduktie
  • Original title De Witte van Sichem
  • nl
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

  1. Robbe De Hert

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Henk Van Soom, Roland Verhavert

    Producer