Boy Called Twist
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tim Greene
Kim Engelbrecht
Jarrid Geduld
Leslie Fong
Teri Norton
Tertius Swanepoel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A contemporary interpretation of Dickens' "Oliver Twist" which is relocated to the poor streets of Cape Town. A mother dies in childbirth in the middle of nowhere. Fearing blame, the locals bury her in an unmarked grave and drop the baby at a rural orphanage. Now a teenager he runs into trouble and escapes to the city where he is caught up in a network of child pickpockets. The gang is run and controlled by a couple of small-time pimps and drug dealers. His new friend Dodger teaches him the tricks of the trade, but the inexperienced Twist is caught trying to steal from Ebrahim Bassedien. There is a strange affinity between this old man (who has lost his daughter) and the young boy who never knew his mother. Bassedien takes Twist in and for a moment it seems that the trauma is over as the little boy encounters love for the first time in his short and brutal life.
Director
Tim Greene
Cast
Kim Engelbrecht
Jarrid Geduld
Leslie Fong
Teri Norton
Tertius Swanepoel
Bart Fouche
Johan Malherbe
Crew
Murray Anderson
Bridget Baker
Graham Beck
Michael S Berg
Matthew Brown
Charles Dickens
Mike Downie
Aurelia Driver
Adrian Enthoven
Tim Greene
Ronelle Loots
Steven Markovitz
Ian Pople
Mito Skellern
Clare Van Zyl
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States on Video January 22, 2008
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Adapted from "Oliver Twist" written by Charles Dickens.
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video January 22, 2008
