My Father's War
7.8
“The truth will set you free”
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.
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Cast
23 people
Stian Bam
Dawid Smit
Also in
Koek
7de Laan
Edwin van der Walt
Benjamin 'Dap' Smit
Known for
Hunting Emma
Craig Gardner
Neels Clasen
Wynand
Tom Marais
Dave Keet
Erica Wessels
Karina Smit
Known for
I Am All Girls
Troy: Fall of a City
Peter Lamberti
Benjamin Willem
Also in
C'est déjà l'été
Fumani Shilubana
Floyd Mabela
Also in
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu
David Dukas
Bill
Myron Lee Nash
Craig Gardner Director · Tom Marais Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $85K · United States release January 1, 2016 · Produced in South Africa
Box office
Worldwide gross
$84,612
Production
Sterkinekor Entertainment
Production
Aquavision TV Productions
Production
South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Afrikaans · English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2016
South Africa · August 5, 2016
Theatrical
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