Peace in the Fields

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.

Directed by Jacques Boigelot

Top cast

Christian Barbier

Stanne Vanasche

Georges Poujouly

Louis

Claire Wauthion

Lodia

Héléna Manson

Johanna

A

Arlette Schreiber

Rosa

Nicole Valberg

Julia

Lucien Raimbourg

Jardinier

G

Georges Vandéric

Aloysius

M

Marthe Dugard

Soeur Thérésia

J

Josi Jolet

Jules

I

Irène Vernal

Fine

C

Charles Gilbert

Curé

M

Marc Audier

Kobus

M

Marie-Henriette Claes

La soeur

A

Anne-Marie Ferrières

Anna

S

Simone Jurieu

Amélie

J

Jean Musin

Debie

M

Marie-Eve Schuermans

Lisette

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