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What You Sow (1979)

Original title: Wat Jy Saai

1979-08-29 · 1h 23m · AF
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A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.

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Tim SpringDirectorJan ScholtzWriter

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Regardt van den BerghRegardt van den BerghDr. Fritz KrynauwJanet Du PlessisJanet Du PlessisDina MacDonaldCornelis EsterhuyseCornelis EsterhuyseHerman MacDonaldWillie EsterhuizenWillie EsterhuizenChristiaan MacDonaldFlip TheronFlip TheronPolice SergeantJohan BernardJohan BernardHannes VermeulenBill FlynnBill FlynnBobby GrieselHetty van OordHetty van OordMimi CoetzeeElize CawoodElize CawoodMiss van DykJames BorthwickJames BorthwickMinisterBarry TrengroveBarry TrengroveLawyerLourens SwanepoelLourens SwanepoelAdvocate

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference622182Actor preference307480 · 470147 · 328737Country preferenceZa

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What is What You Sow about?

A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.

How long is What You Sow?

What You Sow has a runtime of 83 minutes.