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The headstrong 90-year-old Hans is forced into a retirement home by his estranged daughter Karla (living abroad). Once there, he faces the draconian management of Matron van Dussen, a retired jail warden, who restricts and disempowers the residents. He tries to escape, but his efforts are futile against the matron’s repressive rule. Locked and restricted inside its fortified walls, Hans becomes a rebel and activist who has nothing to lose by revolting. It’s marijuana cookies, strippers, and grand escapism in an anti-ageism revolution about growing old on your own terms.
Laurels:
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Film
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Actor: Feature Film Pierre van Pletzen
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Director: Feature Film Corne van Rooyen
- Motion Pictures International Film Festival: Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Performance by an Actor.
- Year2023
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageAfrikaans
- CountrySouth Africa
- Content WarningDrugs, sex and course language
- DirectorCorne van Rooyen
- ProducerTascha van der Westhuizen, Corne van Rooyen, Rene van Rooyen
- CastPierre van Pletzen, Tobie Cronje, June van Merch, Sandra Prinsloo
- CinematographerSunel Haasbroek
The headstrong 90-year-old Hans is forced into a retirement home by his estranged daughter Karla (living abroad). Once there, he faces the draconian management of Matron van Dussen, a retired jail warden, who restricts and disempowers the residents. He tries to escape, but his efforts are futile against the matron’s repressive rule. Locked and restricted inside its fortified walls, Hans becomes a rebel and activist who has nothing to lose by revolting. It’s marijuana cookies, strippers, and grand escapism in an anti-ageism revolution about growing old on your own terms.
Laurels:
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Film
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Actor: Feature Film Pierre van Pletzen
- 2023 Winner Silwerskerm Festival Best Director: Feature Film Corne van Rooyen
- Motion Pictures International Film Festival: Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Performance by an Actor.
- Year2023
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageAfrikaans
- CountrySouth Africa
- Content WarningDrugs, sex and course language
- DirectorCorne van Rooyen
- ProducerTascha van der Westhuizen, Corne van Rooyen, Rene van Rooyen
- CastPierre van Pletzen, Tobie Cronje, June van Merch, Sandra Prinsloo
- CinematographerSunel Haasbroek