Jano is an obedient Afrikaans teenager whose childhood abruptly comes to an end when his Christian-fundamentalist parents bring a mysterious and manipulative orphan, Pieter, back from the city to their remote African farm to foster.

A film by Etienne Kallos

South Africa / France / Greece / Poland, 2018, Fiction, 1h46, color

starring Brent VERMEULEN, Alex VAN DYK, Juliana VENTER, Morne VISSER

LANGUAGE: Afrikaans
SUBTITLES: English

Casting
Brent VERMEULEN - Janno
Alex VAN DYK - Pieter
Juliana VENTER - Maria
Morne VISSER - Jan

Producers:
Sophie Erbs & Tom Dercourt (Cinéma Defacto)
Thembisa Cochrane & Michael Auret (Spier Films)
Giorgos Karnavas & Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Heretic)
Mariusz Wlodarski (Lava Films)

Production:
Cinema Defacto (France)

In coproduction with :
Heretic - Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Greece),
Lava Films - Mariusz Wlodarski (Poland),
Spier Films (South Africa)

With the participation of : CNC - Aides aux Cinemas du Monde / Institut Français, Fondation Gan - Prix Opening Shot, French-Greek Coproduction Fund CNC/GFC, Polish Film Institute.

2018 | 71st Cannes Film Festival, France
* Nominee - Un Certain Regard
* Nominee : Caméra d'Or
* Première Mondiale / World Premiere
www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/die-stropers