Meerkat Moonship
6.6
Timid, wildly imaginative 13-year-old Gideonette de La Rey learns that the name she was given comes with it a horrible curse. After her father dies, Gideonette is paralyzed by fear and is sent to live on a farm in the forest with her grandparents where she befriends a young deaf boy who is “training” to become an astronaut and preparing to fly away in a Moonship that Gideonette’s grandfather had built.
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Cast
27 people
Anchen du Plessis
Gideonette De La Rey
Also in
Vaselinetjie
Diepe Waters
Rika Sennett
Ouma Koekie
Known for
Binnelanders
Jan du Plessis
Hanneke Schutte
Pierre van Pletzen
Oupa Willem
Known for
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Karen Meiring
Riana Scheepers
Themba Ntuli
Bhubesi
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Andre Scholtz
Hanlé Barnard
Mathilda Johanna De La Rey
Known for
The Prisoner
Dries Scholtz
Also in
Forever
Thembalethu Ntuli
Bhubesi
Hanneke Schutte Director · Clare Vandeleur Composer Willie Nel Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $60K · United States release October 29, 2017 · Original title Meerkat Maantuig
Box office
Worldwide gross
$60,232
Production
The Film Factory
Production
Languages
Original title
Meerkat Maantuig
Original language
Afrikaans
Spoken on screen
Afrikaans
Release dates
United States · October 29, 2017
Austin Film Festival
South Africa · March 16, 2018
Theatrical
Germany
July 15, 2021 · Theatrical
India
January 17, 2018 · Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Italy
July 22, 2018 · Giffoni Film Festival
Poland
April 13, 2018 · African Film Festival AfryKamera
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