After 37 years of silence, filmmaker Thabi takes her father on a quest to shed light on his secret past as a South African freedom fighter. Tracing his footsteps in exile, they finally attempt to escape the shadows of the past and heal their disturbed bond.
Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2021
Countries of production
Netherlands
Countries of co-production
France, South Africa
Production status
Start production
Credits
Director
Thabi Mooi, Tom Fassaert
Production
Renko Douze for Een van de jongens, Hasse van Nunen for Een van de jongens
Co-production
Marion Isaacs for Long Story Short, Serge Lalou for Les Films d'Ici
Financier
Simone van den Broek for Netherlands Film Fund, Hanneke Bouwsema for NPO Fund
Commissioning Editor
Margit Balogh for EOdocs
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