

Peace in the Fields (1970)
Overview
This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.
Overview
This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.
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Christian Barbier
Stanne Vanasche

Georges Poujouly
Louis

Claire Wauthion
Lodia

Héléna Manson
Johanna
Arlette Schreiber
Rosa

Nicole Valberg
Julia

Lucien Raimbourg
Jardinier
Georges Vandéric
Aloysius