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My Father's War(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-08-05
70%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
The truth will set you free
Overview:
In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
Languages: Afrikaans, English.
Countries:
South Africa
ProductionCompanies:
Sterkinekor Entertainment
Movie: My Father's War
Top 4 Billed Cast
Stian Bam
Dawid Smit
Edwin van der Walt
Benjamin 'Dap' Smit
Erica Wessels
Karina Smit
Fumani Shilubana
Floyd Mabela
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