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African Gothic

African Gothic

Blood is thicker than water...

2013 1h 30mDrama

On an isolated farm in Apartheid South Africa two lovers find themselves at risk of losing everything to a big city lawyer; they will stop at nothing to prevent him from exposing a dark family secret.

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Synopsis

On an isolated farm in Apartheid South Africa two lovers find themselves at risk of losing everything to a big city lawyer; they will stop at nothing to prevent him from exposing a dark family secret.

The vibe

south africaapartheidremote farmmiddle of nowherefree state

Behind it

Gabriel BolognaDirectorDamon ShalitDamon ShalitScreenplaySteve YeamanComposer

Cast

Damon ShalitDamon ShalitFrikkie
Chella FerrowChella FerrowSussie
Jonny CoyneJonny CoyneGrove
Connie JacksonConnie JacksonAlina
Maria OlsenMaria OlsenMother
Glen VaughanFather
David VerneYoung Frikkie
Aviv GadiYoung Sussie
Irina KrichelyGirl in dream
Maish ShalitRadio (voice)

Director

Gabriel Bologna

Writer

Damon Shalit

Release date

20 Jul 2013

Runtime

1h 30m

Studio

12:21 Productions, Senderwood Films, Digimoric Productions

Countries

South Africa,United States of America

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