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The Story of an African Farm

Based on a classic, controversial novel about three children brought up on an isolated South African farm in the 1870s by a strict religious aunt. Featuring Richard E Grant.

Drama about three children who are brought up on an isolated South African farm in the 1870s. Em, Lyndall, and Waldo slog their way through the biblical strictures laid down by Em's stepmother, the imperiously huffy Tant Sannie. Respite is found in the bosom of Waldo's father, a farm manager and holy fool. The repression intensifies with the mythic appearance of Bonaparte Blenkins, a con man with a gift for sweet talk and hellfire.

1 hour, 35 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Aug 2011 11:40

Credits

Role Contributor
Bonaparte Blenkins Richard E Grant
Otto Armin Mueller-Stahl

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