Cast

Marius Weyers Aletta Bezuidenhout Ian Roberts Ellis Pearson Jan Ellis Liezel van der Merwe

Credits

Written by: Chris Barnard

Plot

In the 1950s Karoo, a circus magician arrives in a village and affects the lives of a girl and the community, in a gentle Afrikaans-language film.

Sinekatalog’s take

A gentle and nostalgic drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (290 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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