Lien se Lankstaanskoene (2013)

7.3/10 • 94 min • Drama

Overview

This coming-of-age drama tells about a high school girl who resorts to begging to support her family. Lien Jooste’s life falls apart when her father is arrested for fraud and her mother develops a drinking problem. They lose everything and go from being an upstanding, affluent family living in a nice neighbourhood to a broken mess – living in a small flat and struggling to get by. Due to her mother’s drinking, Lien has to take on the role of mother for both her mom and her younger brother Braam.

Cast

Elize Cawood

Roos

Angelique Pretorius

Juffrou Breytenbach

Jacques Gombault

Hykie Berg

Dominee Gerhard

André Velts

Dirk Stoltz

Scroet

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