Stargazer (Roepman)
Russian title: Будильщик
Original title: Roepman
Original title: Roepman
Alternative titles:
The Callman
The Callman
Youth movie – South Africa
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 115 minutes
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 115 minutes
Director: Paul Eilers
Writer: Piet de Jager, Salmon de Jager, Jan van Tonder
Cinematograph: Tom Marais
Music: Dawie de Jager
Writer: Piet de Jager, Salmon de Jager, Jan van Tonder
Cinematograph: Tom Marais
Music: Dawie de Jager
Movie description:
»Roepman« tells the story of a eleven year old boy, Timus, and his own loss of innocence. As the story unfolds, it shows the transformation of a 1966 railway family trapped in the structural violence caused by the church and the government of the day
Based on the Jan van Tonder novel by the same name, »Stargazer« is a heartfelt drama set in a railway community in 1966 South Africa. Told through the eyes of eleven year old Timus, he film depicts the difficulties in coping with the harsh realities of the world while embracing the beauty in life. Timus and his family are trapped within a society of violence and rigidity, where ideologies and beliefs can cost one their life. A boy holding onto his childhood innocence, Timus is driven by an incessant curiosity that oftentimes lands him in troubling situations, from which he is saved by the unlikely hero, Joon. Believing Joon to be his miraculous savior, Timus goes into the world reassured of his safety only to be confronted by dark realities that slowly shed his innocence.
A story with unforgettable characters, »Stargazer« boldly portrays the mystifying relationship between the magical world of childhood and the realistic world we live in.
Based on the Jan van Tonder novel by the same name, »Stargazer« is a heartfelt drama set in a railway community in 1966 South Africa. Told through the eyes of eleven year old Timus, he film depicts the difficulties in coping with the harsh realities of the world while embracing the beauty in life. Timus and his family are trapped within a society of violence and rigidity, where ideologies and beliefs can cost one their life. A boy holding onto his childhood innocence, Timus is driven by an incessant curiosity that oftentimes lands him in troubling situations, from which he is saved by the unlikely hero, Joon. Believing Joon to be his miraculous savior, Timus goes into the world reassured of his safety only to be confronted by dark realities that slowly shed his innocence.
A story with unforgettable characters, »Stargazer« boldly portrays the mystifying relationship between the magical world of childhood and the realistic world we live in.
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