 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.