Taxi to Soweto

Taxi to Soweto

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 31, 1991

A Gentle story with a moral of forgive and forget at the kernel of its’ comedy exterior ~ but also one that accurately foretold the changes that were to sweep across South Africa in 1994, as an uptight suburban Johannesburg housewife (Elize Cawood, with an equally uptight husband played by Marius Weyers) accepts a lift from a Sowetan taxi driver (Patrick Shai) and gets taken into another world entirely

Taxi to Soweto

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 31, 1991

Taxi to Soweto
A Gentle story with a moral of forgive and forget at the kernel of its’ comedy exterior ~ but also one that accurately foretold the changes that were to sweep across South Africa in 1994, as an uptight suburban Johannesburg housewife (Elize Cawood, with an equally uptight husband played by Marius Weyers) accepts a lift from a Sowetan taxi driver (Patrick Shai) and gets taken into another world entirely
Producers
Original title Taxi to Soweto
Directors Manie van Rensburg
Writers Manie van Rensburg

Cast

Elize Cawood

as Jessica du Toit

Marius Weyers

as Horace du Toit

Patrick Shai

as Richard

Casper De Vries

as Post Office Clerk

Pierre Knoesen

as Police Constable

Greg Latter

as Bike Gang Leader

Ramolao Makhene

as Nimrod

Pierre van Pletzen

as Arno Theron

Marcel Van Heerden

as Armed Patrol Man

Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh

as Anastasia (as Annelize van der Ryst)

Mary Twala

as Fedora

Paul Slabolepszy

as Hotel Manager