Triomf (film)

Triomf
Directed by Michael Raeburn
Produced by Giraffe Creations, G.H. Films
Screenplay by Michael Raeburn, Malcolm Kohll (Adaptation from the novel by Marlene van Niekerk)
Starring Lionel Newton, Obed Baloyi, Eduan Van Jaarsveldt, Paul Luckhoff, Vanessa Cook, Pam Andrews
Music by Philip Miller
Cinematography Jamie Ramsay
Edited by Marie Quinton
Release dates
2008
Running time
123 minutes
Country France
South Africa

Triomf is a 2008 film based on the 1994 novel by Marlene van Niekerk.

Synopsis

On the eve of elections in the newly democratic South Africa, the whole country is restless. In the poor white neighbourhood of Triomf, built on the ruins of the legendary Sophiatown, the Benade family is part of that white marginalized class, rarely shown in South African cinema. Father, mother, the son with learning disabilities and uncle Treppie share a decaying house surrounded by promiscuity. Worried about the result of the elections, they plan to escape to the North.

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