Whitey
1980 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 779 VOTES · DIR. Robbe De Hert
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 733 lines
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00:00:16 Damn!
00:06:11 Come on, we're going in.
00:09:17 Well, Coene, what's happened?
00:13:51 But the Fleming grabbed him round the waist
00:18:51 We work. Put those sacks against the wall.
00:23:03 Here, peel these potatoes and put them on the stove.
00:26:58 Stop, stop, stop.
00:30:40 Don't do that here, Hein. Someone will see.
00:34:00 that in the eyes of Our Lord we are all equal.
00:40:41 Bloody hell, where is that little bastard?
00:46:54 You lost a lot more today than just money.
00:50:22 - Bet they call you Whitey, don't they? - Yes, Father.
00:53:14 How do you become a priest?
00:55:43 Early tomorrow we will destroy the evil enemy from the south
01:01:58 Bastard.
01:06:52 You all know the name of that newspaper.
01:08:59 He was given a cent for show but he's got to give it back.
01:13:28 They can leave early by train. I'll give them some sandwiches.
01:17:13 They say they're our friends but they're devils.
01:19:39 Yes, party time. And the girls are lovely there, too.
01:24:22 - I suppose you're too grown up? - I go to work already.
01:26:25 I feel like punching him in the face.
01:30:15 Can't we wait a bit?
01:39:42 What a nerve! I'll get even with them.