Priest Daens
1992 · 138 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 4,476 VOTES · DIR. Stijn Coninx
Overview
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,145 lines
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00:00:31 Aalst, Belgium - end 19th century
00:06:17 - According to Belgian law, I can... - I'm the law here
00:10:59 Adolf... gee! It's been a long time!
00:14:36 We could implement the Scottish system. Three workers to four machines.
00:18:44 - This is our chairman. - Pleasure.
00:24:12 Father, what is going on?
00:28:39 Shut up!
00:32:47 Me neither...
00:36:19 For Junior's sake.
00:42:08 This isn't your bed, come on.
00:50:30 It's coming from Mijlenbeeck!
00:59:16 It is not you who have to share, but those
01:04:01 You and I are facing hard times.
01:07:37 Long live the strike! And the universal suffrage!
01:13:09 It's every workman's duty
01:18:57 who deserves your vote. Bless you
01:26:28 They're secret documents only for the use of Mr Woeste and friends.
01:30:43 By using it as a weapon against the catholic party, Father Daens is using it without consideration.
01:35:22 You won't see Daens anymore. He's stuck in Rome.
01:43:55 Monseigneur, His Holiness sends you this.
01:49:41 We need money urgently, Adolf.
01:53:49 A better catholic than some whites.
02:00:47 Father Daens? As abbot of this convent, I must tell you that you are here
08:08:03 where they measured..."