Malunde
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stefanie Sycholt
Kagiso Mtetwa
Musa Kaiser
Wilmien Rossouw
Grethe Fox
Dolly Rathebe
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the aftermath of the Apartheid struggle, many South Africans simply fell through society's cracks. An unlikely friendship forms between two such outcasts: Wonderboy, a glue-sniffing kid living on the unforgiving streets of Johannesburg, and Kobus, a decorated Afrikaner ex-soldier, now directionless and unemployed. Their paths cross when Wonderboy, running from crack dealers, uses Kobus's van as his getaway vehicle. Estranged from his daughter and ex-wife, Kobus has taken a traveling salesman job. Kobus is headed to Cape Town and Wonderboy needs to get to Table Mountain to reunite with his mother. Unsurprisingly, when a "BossMan" and a "Kiffir" boy meet, ties do not bind easily. Kobus tries to lose Wonderboy on many occasions - but the latter's street smarts and Kobus's nascent paternal instincts ultimately make their ties stronger than either has previously experienced.
Director
Stefanie Sycholt
Cast
Kagiso Mtetwa
Musa Kaiser
Wilmien Rossouw
Grethe Fox
Dolly Rathebe
Esmerelda Bihi
Michelle Burgers
Danny Keogh
Mary Twala
Winston Ntoshona
Ian Roberts
Crew
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-westfalen (nrw)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (wdr)
Jurgen Biefang
Marlow Demardt
Ruy Filipe
Annette Focks
Dieter Horres
Jurgen Jurges
Birrie Leroux
Sabine Riedrich
Jurgen Roth
Stefanie Sycholt
Ulrike Tortora
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of six awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actor (Ian Roberts and Kagiso Mtetwa), at the 2001 Avanti (South African Film) Awards.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003
Released in United States September 2001
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival October 27 - November 4, 2001.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Planet Africa) September 6-15, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for Stefanie Sycholt.
Began shooting October 2000.
Completed shooting November 11, 2000.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival October 27 - November 4, 2001.)
Released in United States September 2001 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Planet Africa) September 6-15, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003
