The Harvesters (2018)

Original title

Die Stropers

Directed by

Etienne Kallos

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

South Africa, France, Greece, Poland

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy 15-year-old boy lives on a remote South African farm. The arrival of a new family member stirs up unfamiliar desires and tensions, forcing him to confront his own identity and place in the family.

atmosphericpsychologically intenseslow-burnemotionally restrainedcoming-of-ageunsettlingmeditativesexually chargedlonely

What happens

The Harvesters (Afrikaans: Die Stropers) is a 2018 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Etienne Kallos. Set in rural South Africa, the film follows the coming of age of Janno, a shy 15-year-old farm boy who must contend with the arrival of a sudden new addition to the family and the desires this awakens within him. The setting and storyline were inspired by Kallos' travels around the remote Eastern Free State region of the country and his encounters with farm families there. The film is a psychological drama that explores themes of belonging, sexual identity and masculinity. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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