

The story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.
Acting
Willeke van Ammelrooy's volcanic stillness.
Cinematography
Mud, mist, and misery never looked this gorgeous.
Direction
Rademakers makes 95 minutes feel like a lifetime of rain.

Director
Fons Rademakers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Stijn Streuvels' 1907 novel, this captures rural Flanders' deep suspicion of modernity—still relevant in Belgian politics today.
Rademakers shot in actual West-Flemish villages; locals were so offended by the story they initially refused to cooperate.
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