

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
AF
Oupa
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.