Overview

The film describes the first working day of a twelve-year-old girl, shortly after the turn of the century. After a miserable childhood in a proletarian family, where she was mother to five toddlers, the sensitive girl follows in the footsteps of her parents and seventeen-year-old sister and sets off for the brickworks. The girl bravely defends herself at work, enduring the boys' bullying without tears, but when the day comes to an end, the foreman tells her that she must go to Krevelt, the boss, to be registered.

Top Cast

Mieke Bouve

Nel

Ludo Busschots

Suske

W

Walter Claessens

Krevelt

W

Walter Cornelis

Vader

Lea Couzin

Wies

L

Luk De Konink

Zwarte Jokke

Jo De Meyere

Mandus

J

Juliette Van de Sompel

Oude vrouw

M

Marc Deknudt

Jongen 2

U

Ugo Prinsen

Bediende

M

Max Schnur

Tutti

D

Doris Van Caneghem

Moeder