Paljas

Year: 1998

Runtime: 119 mins

Language: Afrikaans

Director: Katinka Heyns

Drama

The film tracks the decay of an Afrikaner family living in isolation and scorn in the town of Toorwater. Life seems static until a stray circus train stalls in the settlement, delivering a clown whose uncanny magic rekindles hope for the stagnant family, while also unsettling wary villagers and threatening the community’s fragile stability.

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