Peace in the Fields (1972)

6.3/10 91 min Drama

Overview

This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.

Cast

Christian Barbier

Stanne Vanasche

Georges Poujouly

Louis

Claire Wauthion

Lodia

Héléna Manson

Johanna

Nicole Valberg

Julia

Lucien Raimbourg

Jardinier

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