Johan Botha
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Biography: Johan Botha is a South African actor. Botha's portrayal of the father in David Eldridge's Festén (translated by Hennie van Greunen; directed by Heinrich Reisenhofer) is widely regarded as his masterpiece. He is married to actress Lida Botha. The couple appeared in numerous TV and film productions and were known at all the Afrikaans art festivals for their Grandfather and Grandmother stories.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Peacock
Overview: POU is a South African gothic horror following the journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: af
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Charlie Word 'n Ster
Overview: A nurse in a relationship with a truck driver named Charlie, who gets an opportunity to play a role in a new upcoming film, is made famous overnight. Jealousy ensues with drastic consequences.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: af
Release Date: 1979-02-28
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Pad Na Jou Hart
Overview: Basson has five days to make it to his father's funeral in Cape Town, but needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. On the road he meets free-spirited bohemian girl, Amory. As they journey across the breathtaking landscape of South Africa, they meet wonderful characters that allow for hilarious moments and life-changing experiences. Their trip takes a sudden turn for the worst when a villainous figure makes an appearance. Basson and Amory are faced with disappointment and heartache. On the road called life, it is inevitable that you will take some wrong turns. But no matter how hard the road might be, on route to true love is where you will find your true north.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: af
Release Date: 2014-02-14
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Susters
Overview: Susters' is a new South African film about three sisters who reunited during a road trip down memory lane, with a fabulous local cast.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: af
Release Date: 2018-03-29
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Leemtes en Leegheid
Overview: Magdaleen, a lonely widow in her 70s, creates an imaginary version of her deceased husband to numb the sadness and pain. After being so overwhelmed with her memories for so long, she desperately tries to re-enter the outside world and see the sea again that she has been longing for for months now.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: af
Release Date: 2022-03-24
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Die Spaanse Vlieg
Overview: A comedy Farce by Dirk de Villiers about a spanish dancer who had a fling with 3 men and with one of them she has a child. WICH of the 3 is it.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Number Please? The Movie
Overview: "Hoesê!" This is a film based on the South African sitcom by the same name; such name referring to the manual telephone system operated by one of the cast. In addition to the usual (mostly mature) cast, pretty girl Zoli Marki muddles things up. Add to this a mix-up with a heyday homelands casino for further comedy and confusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: af
Release Date: 1981-11-27
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Circles in a Forest
Overview: Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. He goes to work on the wood buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter, Kate, and falls in love with her. After a few years he leaves MacDonald and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. Kate appears again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-01
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The Story of Klara Viljee
Overview: This affirming story of one woman's struggle to free herself from the past, and how that affects the small fishing village where she lives, shows that faith can move mountains, or unmake them. When the seamstress Klara loses her father and her fiance at sea, she decides she never wants to see the ocean again. She builds her house behind a huge sand dune, and even refuses to eat fish. Several years later, however, she receives news that makes her start carting away the dune, bucket load by bucket load. It turns out her boyfriend is alive, and that hes been living in Cape Town for the past six years. He ran off because he made a local girl pregnant a pregnancy attributed to the local schoolmaster. As the villagers watch Klara move the dune, they begin examining their own lives, and the entire community undergoes a wondrous rejuvenation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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