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Director: Stijn Coninx
Cast: Jan Decleir Antje de Boeck Gérard Desarthe Idwig Stéphane Jappe Claes Johan Leysen
Premiere: December 10, 1992
Running time: 138 min
Country: Belgium France

Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon. The film stars Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, and Michael Pas, and recounts the life of Adolf Daens, a Catholic priest in Aalst who strives in the late 19th and early 20th century to improve the miserable working conditions in the local factories. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992.

The film was shot in Belgium and also in Poland: in Łódź (Księży Młyn) and Piotrków Trybunalski.

In 2008, the film's screenplay was adapted into a stage musical.

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Daens is a movie (1992) from Belgium and France. Directed by Stijn Coninx. Starring Jan Decleir, Antje de Boeck, Gérard Desarthe, Idwig Stéphane and Jappe Claes. Running time: 138 min.

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