The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. Fiela se Kind (Fielas Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hope to see her taken son again. Fiela is a down to earth woman farmer who does not let anyone step on her. She raised a white castaway child, Benjamin, and teaches him the simple things in life.
1988
HD
105min
South Africa
Afrikaans
Katinka Heyns
Dawid Minnaar
Jan Ellis
André Rossouw
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Lida Botha
Goliath Davids
Marchelle Verwey
Annie Malan
Limpie Basson
woman director
