This heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a peasant in a pre-war Belgian village, who has a hard time accepting the curate’s assurance it’s all part of God’s grand plan when his loved ones keep coming to harm.

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Cast

Christel Domen

Frisine

Matteo Simoni

Pasgeboren baby

Gerda Marchand

Weduwe

Karen van Parijs

Amelie