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HOND SE DINGES

With Ivan Botha , Frank Opperman , Tessa Denton , Nicola Hanekom , Marcel Van Heerden , Matt Stern , Louw Venter , Tinarie Van Wyk

Written by Frank Opperman, Johann Potgieter
Directed by Johan Heyns

This Afrikaans comedy was co-written by well-known South African comedic actor Frank Opperman, who also appears in one of the supporting roles. A young man loses both his girlfriend and his band, and drives off to see his grandfather living out in one of the old mining towns. The history of this family is blotched with the legend of his great grandfather discovering a huge diamond. This rock disappeared when a feuding family tried to nab it. Now, many decades later, this diamond issue surfaces again when the descendants of the warring families again butt heads.
With many local and indigenous flavours set in the northern parts of South Africa, the jokes and situations are not side-splitting, but may provoke a snicker, more so if you're South African and understand the language than not. It falls in the category of Bakgat another recent Afrikaans comedy, but while less funny than that movie, is a good diversion from the Leon Schuster humour (but still tends to be a bit tacky).

2 / C
- Paul Blom


0 1 2 3 4 5 6
- A - B
- C


6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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