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Fiela's Child (1988)
Directed by Katinka Heyns
Drama, Family · 1h 45m
The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life."
Cast
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Fiela Komoetie
Lida Botha
Barta van Rooyen
Dawid Minnaar
Benjamin Sr
Crew
- Director
- Katinka Heyns
- Writer
- Dalene Matthee
- Director of Photography
- James Robb
- Editor
- Avril Beukes
Details
- Original title
- Fiela se Kind
- Release date
- 1988-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Original language
- AF
- Spoken languages
- Afrikaans
- Countries
- South Africa
- Production
- Sonneblom Films, Starcorp International Pictures