THE HARVESTERS
synopsis
South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to makes this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
| international title: | The Harvesters |
| original title: | Die Stropers |
| country: | South Africa, France, Poland, Greece, Switzerland, Hong Kong |
| sales agent: | Pyramide International |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Etienne Kallos |
| film run: | 106' |
| release date: | FR 20/02/2019, PL 12/04/2019 |
| screenplay: | Etienne Kallos |
| cast: | Morné Visser, Juliana Venter, Alex van Dyk, Brent Vermeulen |
| cinematography by: | Michał Englert |
| film editing: | Muriel Breton |
| music: | Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine |
| producer: | Etienne Kallos, Sophie Erbs, Tom Dercourt, Thembisa Cochrane, Michael Auret, Giorgos Karnavas, Konstadinos Kontovrakis, Mariusz Wlodarski |
| executive producer: | Lwazi Manzi, Julien Favre, Annette Fausboll, Jean-Alexandre Luciani |
| associate producer: | Jamal Zeinal Zade, Dan Wechsler |
| production: | Cinéma Defacto, Lava Films, Heretic - Creative Producers, Bord Cadre films, Spier Films (ZA), Moonduckling Films (HK), Mercurial Pictures (ZA), Kallos Films (ZA) |
| backing: | CNC – Aide aux Cinemas Du Monde, Aide à la Coproduction Franco-Grecque (FR), Polish Film Institute (PL), Greek Film Center (GR), Eurimages – Council Of Europe |
| distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, Velvet Spoon |
