"Daens" (1992) winner of several awards, including: Venice Film Festival - Media Awards Flanders Film Festival - Best Film Historical Film Fest (France) - Best Film Chicago Film Fest - Best Cinematography Voladolid Film Fest (Spain) - Audience Prize What is Special about this DVD? Foreign films frequently are difficult to find, even when they have received very high acclaim. This film is now Out of Print even on video, and this is a chance for film collectors to add a rare licensed DVD version to their collection. An increcible touching and historically significant film. We have made this award winning title available in Widescreen format with English Subtitles. None of us has seen the unspeakable poverty of Europe's 19th century industrial cities and the abject misery of those who worked the treadmills for a pittance. Daens portrays this through the expertise of a director who knows precisely how to take a subject captured on canvas and give it life, movement and meaning on a cinema screen. It is a masterpiece" Plot Summary Returning to his birthplace after a long absense, fatther Adolf Daens is shocked by the terrible poverty in which the villagers live. Torn between his socialist principles and the reactionary theology of his vacation, Daens is forced to make a decision. He chooses to take up the fight and leads the workers in teh struggle against the village elite, led by Charles Woeste, chairman of the Catholic Party. Starring: Jan Decleir Gérard Desarthe Antje de Boeck Johan Leysen Michael Pas Jappe Claes Karel Baetens Idwig Stephane Brit Alen Wim Meuwissen Directed By: Stijn Coninx Technical Details: Widescreen English Subtitles (Flemish Language Audio as filmed) 2:07:09 confirmed runtime All Regions Pal
