Whitey

Whitey

106 mins | Drama | Dec. 17, 1980

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.

Whitey

106 mins | Drama | Dec. 17, 1980

Whitey
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers New-Star Films, Visie Filmproduktie
Original title De Witte van Sichem
Directors Robbe De Hert
Writers Gaston Durnez, Louis Paul Boon, Fernand Auwera, Ernest Claes, Robbe De Hert, Hugo Claus

Cast

Clerckx Eric

as Louis Verheyden/De Witte

Willy Vandermeulen

as Vader van de Witte

Blanka Heirman

as Moeder van de Witte

Jos Verbist

as / Pastor

Chris Lomme

as Rosette