The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The 1870's. South Africa. Life is normal at the farm on the slopes of a Karoo Kopje.Things change when the sinister, eccentric Bonaparte Blenkins with bulbous nose and chimney pot hat arrives. Their childhood is disrupted by the bombastic Irishman who claims blood ties with Wellington and Queen Victoria and so gains uncanny influence over the girls' gross stupid stepmother.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Metacritic65/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Olive SchreinerScreenplay
- Bonnie RodiniScreenplay
- David ListerDirector
- Thandi BrewerScreenplay
- J.B ArthurOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Luke GallantWaldo
- Kasha KropinskiLyndall
- Armin Mueller-StahlOtto
- Karin van der LaagTent Sannie
- Anneke WeidemannEm
- Richard E. GrantBonaparte Blenkins
Themes
farmfarm workersouth africa