Director
Nicholas Ellenbogen, Koos Roets
Cast list
Brendan Grealy | ... |
Corrie Campbell
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Ellis Pearson | ... |
Half-Jack
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Madoda Ncayiyana | ... |
Sam (Matluputu)
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Liz Szymczak | ... |
Monica
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Greg Melvill-Smith | ... |
Cronin
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Regardt van den Bergh | ... |
Major Claude du Plessis
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Neill Solomon | ... |
Leek the Greek
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Claire Wrogemann | ... |
Visstok (Miriam)
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Anthony Stevens | ... |
Marley Man Malay
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Bheki Mkhwane | ... |
Jerry
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Credits
Produced by
Edgar Bold | ... | executive producer |
Carl Fischer | ... | executive producer |
Katinka Heyns | ... | producer |
Ian Ross | ... | line producer |
Music by
Nicholas Ellenbogen | ||
Neill Solomon |
Cinematography by
Koos Roets |
Film Editing by
Avril Beukes |
Art Direction by
Leith Ridley |
Set Decoration by
Megan Havenga | ... | (as Megan Vermaak) |
Makeup Department
Anita van der Merwe | ... | makeup and hair |
Production Management
Genevieve Hofmeyr | ... | production manager |
Synopsis
This 89 minute comedy explores South Africa’s fragile economic state during its transition from an Apartheid dictatorship to a democracy. An overseas conglomerate wishes to invest a great deal of cash in the country, but the executives demand evidence of the country's willingness to integrate its racially diverse population in order to move forward. A tiny backwater village is selected at random and the local post office's staff commanded to produce a play - with a multiracial cast and crew - in time for the foreigners' visit. The townsfolk of the mythical Karoo village must work to resolve their differences and present a workable production of The Nativity in time to save their country.
Reviews
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