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.

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Christel Domen
Frisine

Matteo Simoni
Pasgeboren baby
RW
Ronny Waterschoot
Wortel
ML
Magda Lesage
Fien
SDV
Sabine De Volder
Amelieke

Erik Goossens
Fons
JvG
Jos van Gorp
Commissaris

Gerda Marchand
Weduwe