Film
The Story of an African Farm
2004 · 1h 37m · Drama · Family
- IMDb
- 5.1
- Metacritic
- 65
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Overview
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.
Cast
Luke Gallant
Waldo
Kasha Kropinski
Lyndall
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Otto
Karin van der Laag
Tent Sannie
Anneke Weidemann
Em
Richard E. Grant
Bonaparte Blenkins
Crew
- David ListerDirector
- Thandi BrewerScreenplay
- Olive SchreinerScreenplay
- Bonnie RodiniScreenplay · Producer · Executive Producer
- Ross GarlandExecutive Producer
- Peter TischhauserDirector of Photography
- J.B ArthurOriginal Music Composer
- Josh GalvinEditor
- Mito SkellernCasting
- Christa ScharfenbergCasting
Details
- Release date
- October 8, 2004
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
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