Movielogr
Lien se Lankstaanskoene (2013)
Directed by Andre Odendaal
Overview
This coming-of-age drama tells about a high school girl who resorts to begging to support her family. Lien Jooste’s life falls apart when her father is arrested for fraud and her mother develops a drinking problem. They lose everything and go from being an upstanding, affluent family living in a nice neighbourhood to a broken mess – living in a small flat and struggling to get by. Due to her mother’s drinking, Lien has to take on the role of mother for both her mom and her younger brother Braam.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Carmen Pretorius | Franci Swanepoel | Tiaan Kelderman | Elize Cawood | Fiks Mahola | Marie Pentz | Gideon Lombard | Eben Groenewald | Fredia Roux | Brian Webber | Johan Baird | Magda van Biljon | Angelique Pretorius | Jacques Gombault | Hykie Berg | Andre Velts | Dirk Stoltz | Riaan Cruywagen | Julie Strijdom