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Paljas (1998)

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The greatest feature to emerge thus far from South Africa (since 1994) is Katinka Heyns's Paljas. The narrative occurs in the 1960s, when poverty amongst Afrikaners was a serious problem and the South African Railway a key mechanism in Afrikaner affirmative action. This excellent Afrikaans language drama follows the deterioration of an Afrikaner family isolated and shunned in the small community of Toorwater. Nothing seems to happen. Then a circus train loses its way and comes to rest in Toorwater, and a mysterious clown brings fresh magic to the stagnating family, but he also poses a threat to the rest of the community. Heyns brilliantly succeeds in creating a metaphor for the Afrikaner family's turbulent emotional, cultural and ideological journey from the darkness of apartheid back into the light of post-apartheid reconciliation (famililial, cultural and political).

Updated May 24 2020

Releases:

ZA -
1998-01-23

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Keywords:

afrikaans

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Runtime: 119 mins Rating: 8.1
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Cast

Marius Weyers
Marius Weyers
Hendrik MacDonald
David S. Lee
David S. Lee
Bertie
Aletta Bezuidenhout
Aletta Bezuidenhout
Katrina MacDonald
Liezel van der Merwe
Liezel van der Merwe
Emma MacDonald
Larry Leyden
Larry Leyden
Willem MacDonald
Jan Ellis
Jan Ellis
Nollie
Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts
Frans
Ellis Pearson
Ellis Pearson
Manuel
Marius Weyers
Marius Weyers
Hendrik MacDonald
David S. Lee
David S. Lee
Bertie
Aletta Bezuidenhout
Aletta Bezuidenhout
Katrina MacDonald
Liezel van der Merwe
Liezel van der Merwe
Emma MacDonald
Larry Leyden
Larry Leyden
Willem MacDonald
Jan Ellis
Jan Ellis
Nollie
Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts
Frans
Ellis Pearson
Ellis Pearson
Manuel
Gérard Rudolf
Gérard Rudolf
Jan Mol
Marthinus Basson
Marthinus Basson
Dominee

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