Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales (1991)
1991 · 1h 20m · Drama
Genres: Drama
Set on the eve of World War I, this poetic coming-of-age drama follows Elias, a sensitive twelve-year-old dreamer living on an isolated country estate. Raised by an eccentric, overprotective family detached from reality, Elias finds refuge in nature and his vivid imagination to escape his internal…
Director: Klaas Rusticus
Writers: Maurice Gilliams
Music by: Jan Brandts Buys
Cinematography: Jan Vancaillie
Editor: Peter Rump
Cast
Brikke Smets as EliasJimmi de Koning as AloysiusLotte Pinoy as HermineBien de Moor as Tante HenrietteViviane de Muynck as Tante ZenobieRoland Ramaekers as Oom AugustinToon Brouwers as VaderMarie-Louise Conings as HuishoudsterMia Van Roy as MoederCara Van Wersch as GrootmoederMore like this
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