Going My Way (1944)
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In 1890 werkte de bevolking van Aalst onder erbarmelijke omstandigheden in de textielfabrieken. Misbruikt en uitgebuit door de rijke fabrieksdirecteuren omwille van winst. Mannen werden ontslagen omdat vrouwen goedkoper werkten. Kinderen werkten dag en nacht en raakten zo vermoeid dat ze vaak in slaap vielen en onder de machines werden vermorzeld. Dat is de situatie die priester Adolf Daens (Decleir), na een conflict met bisschop Stillemans (Schoenaerts), aantreft bij de terugkeer in zijn geboortestad Aalst. Hij neemt zijn intrek bij zijn broer Pieter (Meuwissen), uitgever van het Land Van Aelst. Fabrieksdirecteur Borremans (Stephane) ontslaat de helft van zijn arbeiders, een aanpak die gesteund wordt door Charles Woeste (Desarthe), voorzitter van de Katholieke Partij. De ontslagen komen echter hard aan. Daens verzet zich tegen de wantoestanden.
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