Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales (1991)
Synopsis
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 struggles. His fragile childhood bubble is shattered when he learns he will soon be sent away to a strict boarding school. During his final summer at home, Elias experiences a bittersweet emotional awakening shaped by three relatives: his older cousin and close companion Aloysius, his young cousin Hermine, who harbors a subtle infatuation for him, and his beautiful, melancholic Aunt Henriette, who serves as a dramatic muse. Based on Maurice Gilliams’ modernist classic, the film is a nostalgic, melancholic portrait of a boy forced to leave his idyllic fantasies behind and face the adult world.
Release Date: 1991-06-13
Runtime: 80 minutes
Director: Klaas Rusticus
Top Cast
- Brikke Smets as Elias
- Jimmi de Koning as Aloysius
- Lotte Pinoy as Hermine
- Bien de Moor as Tante Henriette
- Viviane de Muynck as Tante Zenobie
- Roland Ramaekers as Oom Augustin
- Toon Brouwers as Vader
- Marie-Louise Conings as Huishoudster
- Mia Van Roy as Moeder
- Cara Van Wersch as Grootmoeder
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