Whitey ( De Witte ) ( Filasse )

Whitey (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: De Witte
Alternate Title: Filasse
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Robbe De Hert

Written By:
Robbe De Hert
Fernand Auwera
Louis Paul Boon

Actors:
Eric Clerckx ..... De Witte
Blanka Heirman ..... Moeder Witte
Willy Vandermeulen ..... Leraar
Paul S'Jongers ..... Pastoor
Paul-Emile Van Royen ..... Lisa
Jos Verbist ..... Mon
Magda De Winter ..... Man in café
Luc Philips ..... Rosette
Martha Dewachter
Bert Struys
Robert Lussac
Bob Van der Veken
Jaak Van Assche
Herman Verbeek
Chris Lomme

Synopsis:

After a fight with his father over breakfast, Whitey is beaten by the schoolmaster and confined to the punishment cubicle where he discovers the books of Hendrik Conscience. He gets home much too late, where he is told he has to go to farmer Coene where he will have to work regularly from then on. It turns out bad already on the first day as he escapes to go skinny dipping with his mates. But he's discovered by his mom who takes home his clothes...

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.

This insightful, excellent drama is based on a popular novel from the 1930s and is the second cinematic version of the story of young Whitey. Whitey and his family live in poverty in Flanders, working for a wealthy farmer. Whitey's main passion is reading, although he has no affection for school or for farm work. His hyperactive imagination finds an outlet with his friends, as he sets them up to play-act battles from literature. In order to feed his reading habit Whitey borrows or steals to get books. Already in trouble and not yet out of school, Whitey's future looks bleak - he was born in the wrong social register at the wrong time.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 11 September, 2007.

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