1979 : une histoire d’amour interdite entre une jeune femme blanche et un jeune homme indien, durant le système d’apartheid, en Afrique du Sud. Le couple va devoir se battre.

un film de Sallas de Jager

Afrique du Sud, 2015, Fiction, 1h38 mins

avec Andrew Govender, Deon Lotz, Leleti Khumalo, Mangesh Desai, Nicola Breytenbach, Paul Eilers

Réalisateur : Sallas de Jager
Scénariste : Sallas de Jager
Producteur : Rajiv Terwadkar

ACTEURS / ACTRICES
Nicola Breytenbach, Andrew Govender, Leleti Khumalo, Deon Lotz, Mangesh Desai, Keith Joshua Gengadoo, Rafiq Jajbhay, Rolanda Marais, Nalini Subrayen, Hemali Juta-Pillay, Paul Eilers, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Suraya R Santos, Johan Baird

Screenings / Awards:
Chennai International Film Festival
Bengaluru International Film Festival
Sangali International Film Festival
Kolhapur International Film Festival
The PAN African Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
5th Luxor African Film Festival 2016, Egypt: Best Artistic Achievement (A Certificate of Appreciation and the Bronze Mask of Tutankhamen)
Cameroon International Film Festival 2016
Garden State Film Festival
III Singapore World International Film Festival®: April 8-9, 2016

Source:
worldfilmpresentation.com/film/free-state

A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.

Set in 1979 in South Africa, a pass system was in place restricting the movement of non-whites. In the Orange Free State Indians were not allowed to reside or own land or do business, in fact they needed permission to be in the province. If permission was granted they were not allowed to stay in the province for longer than 48 hours. As a general rule they were not allowed in the province after sunset. It was also illegal to to have a relationship between whites and non-whites (Blacks, Indians or Asians). Jeanette is a beautiful open minded law student. She decided to study while her boyfriend is completing his national military service. They are set to be engaged when he returns. During her summer holiday with her father in the Free State, a random act of kindness by an attractive Indian man, Ravi, sparks an unexpected love affair. Despite being warned not to act on these feelings she decides to pursue this relationship. Secret meetings followed, since it was against the law at the time to have an interracial relationship. When their secret comes out, all hell breaks loose.

A film by Sallas de Jager

South Africa, 2015, Fiction, 98 mins, English subtitle

Director: Sallas de Jager
Writer: Sallas de Jager
Producer: Rajiv Terwadkar
Key cast: Andrew Govender, Deon Lotz, Leleti Khumalo, Mangesh Desai, Nicola Breytenbach, Paul Eilers

CAST
Nicola Breytenbach, Andrew Govender, Leleti Khumalo, Deon Lotz, Mangesh Desai, Keith Joshua Gengadoo, Rafiq Jajbhay, Rolanda Marais, Nalini Subrayen, Hemali Juta-Pillay, Paul Eilers, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Suraya R Santos, Johan Baird

Screenings / Awards:
Chennai International Film Festival
Bengaluru International Film Festival
Sangali International Film Festival
Kolhapur International Film Festival
The PAN African Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
5th Luxor African Film Festival 2016, Egypt: Best Artistic Achievement (A Certificate of Appreciation and the Bronze Mask of Tutankhamen)
Cameroon International Film Festival 2016
Garden State Film Festival
III Singapore World International Film Festival®: April 8-9, 2016


Source:
worldfilmpresentation.com/film/free-state