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Promised Land (2002 film)

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Promised Land
Directed byJason Xenopoulos
Written byKarel Schoeman (novel)
Jason Xenopoulos
StarringNick Boraine
Music byArvo Pärt
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
100 min.
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.[1]

The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine; other cast included Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh. It was made on a budget of just over R15 (~2US$).

It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2002.

References

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  1. ^ Tomaselli, Keyan (2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8.
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