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.
Directed by Jacques Boigelot
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Cast
Christian Barbier
Stanne Vanasche
Georges Poujouly
Louis
Claire Wauthion
Lodia
Héléna Manson
Johanna
Arlette Schreiber
Rosa
Nicole Valberg
Julia
Lucien Raimbourg
Jardinier
Georges Vandéric
Aloysius
Marthe Dugard
Soeur Thérésia
Josi Jolet
Jules
Irène Vernal
Fine
Charles Gilbert
Curé
Marc Audier
Kobus
Marie-Henriette Claes
La soeur
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