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Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Etienne KallosDirector
- Etienne KallosScreenplay
- Evgueni GalperineOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brent VermeulenJanno
- Alex van DykPieter
- Juliana VenterMarie
- Morné VisserJan
- Danny KeoghOupa
- Erica WesselsAnel
- Benré LabuschagneHennie
- Roxanna KerdachiLittle sister
- Biané HattinghLittle sister
- Barné HattinghLittle sister
- Mpume MthombeniAlina
- Louis MinnaarTienus