

Whitey
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $959.3K
- Box office
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- Language
- Dutch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical20 Dec 1980
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalAL17 Dec 1980
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL17 Dec 1980
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Whitey was released on 17 December 1980.
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