Vrijdag 43 years old

Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name. Just as in the play, the story begins with the theme of incest, as the father Georges (Frank Aendenboom) returns from serving his jail sentence for that crime. Unlike the earlier play, however, the film does not emphasize that aspect of the story. When Georges gets home he finds out that his wife Jeanne (Kitty Courbois) has had an illegitimate child by a younger man, Erik (Herbert Flack), and now both of them must somehow try to return to a normal life, given their only too obvious lapses in moral judgment. As the husband and wife try hard to accommodate each other's failings and start to get to know each other again, Erik comes back into the picture. Now the three of them must resolve the deep-seated conflicts that brought them to this emotionally-wrought juncture of love and betrayal.

Credits

Vrijdag Cast

Name	Character
Hilde Van Mieghem She was 22, now 66 years old	as Christiane
Herbert Flack He was 31, now 74 years old	as Erik
Frank Aendenboom He was 39, 76 years old when he died	as Georges

Vrijdag Crew

Name	Department
Hugo Claus as Director. He was 51 (78) years old when He died	Directing
Hugo Claus as Writer. He was 51 (78) years old when He died	Writing