Promised Land (2002 film)
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Directed by | Jason Xenopoulos |
Written by | Karel Schoeman (novel) Jason Xenopoulos |
Starring | Nick Boraine |
Music by | Arvo Pärt |
Release date | 2002 |
Running time | 100 min. |
Country | South Africa |
Language | English |
Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.[1]
The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine; other cast included Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh. It was made on a budget of just over R15 (~2US$).
It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2002.
References[edit]
- ^ Tomaselli, Keyan (2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8.
External links[edit]
- Promised Land at IMDb
- Sonnekus, Neil (24 January 2003). "You can't go home again". Mail & Guardian. Johannesburg, South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Review of Promised Land.