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Hole in the Wall (2017)

Hole in the Wall poster
Original title
Gat In Die Muur
Directed by
Andre Odendaal, Johan Vorster
Genre
drama
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces a personal crisis and must navigate her relationships and surroundings in a small South African community. The film follows her journey as she deals with loss and finds a way forward.

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What happens

Hole in the Wall (Afrikaans: Gat in Die Muur) is a 2016 South African Afrikaans-language independent drama film directed and produced by André Odendaal and Johan Vorster from a screenplay by Susan Coetzer. After a limited release in 2016, the film was distributed worldwide by Netflix in 2020. The film won the 2021 South African Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a feature film (for Tinarie van Wyk-Loots), from three nominations, all for acting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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