This Belgian Flemish actor, who made his film debut at the age of 13 in "Daens" also starred in a film adaptation of the 1874 novel by who?
Matthias Schoenaerts Matthias Schoenaerts (] ; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian Flemish actor, film producer and graffiti artist. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in "Daens" (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in "Loft" (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated "Bullhead" (2011), Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee "Rust and Bone" (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in "The Drop" (2014), Bruno von Falk in "Suite Française" (2015), Gabriel Oak in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (2015) and Hans Axgil in "The Danish Girl" (2015). Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in "Disorder" (2015).
Hendrik Conscience Henri or Hendrik Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, "De Leeuw van Vlaenderen" (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War.