This heimat-movie after a novel by Felix Timmermans is about the at first sight idyllic, but actually tragical life of Wortel, a peasant in a pre-war Belgian village, who has a hard time accepting the curate’s assurance it’s all part of God’s grand plan when his loved ones keep coming to harm.
Jef Burm
as Pastoor
Christel Domen
as Frisine
Matteo Simoni
as Pasgeboren baby
Ronny Waterschoot
as Wortel
Magda Lesage
as Fien
Sabine De Volder
as Amelieke
Erik Goossens
as Fons
Jos van Gorp
as Commissaris
Gerda Marchand
as Weduwe
Jacky Morel
as Ossekop
Ugo Prinsen
as Franelle
Karen van Parijs
as Amelie
