Whitey

Whitey — Plot

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

• Release date
• December 17, 1980
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Robbe De Hert

Whitey — Cast

Clerckx Eric Louis Verheyden/De Witte

W

Willy Vandermeulen Vader van de Witte Blanka Heirman Moeder van de Witte

P

Paul S'Jongers Boer Coene Jos Verbist Heinke Verheyden

M

Magda De Winter Liza Coene

P

Paul-Emile Van Royen Leraar/Fabriekschef

M

Martha Dewachter Rozalien