My Father's War

My Father's War

103 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 5, 2016

In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.

My Father's War

103 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 5, 2016

My Father's War
In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
Producers Sterkinekor Entertainment
Original title My Father's War
Directors Craig Gardner
Writers

Cast

Stian Bam

as Dawid Smit

Edwin van der Walt

as Benjamin 'Dap' Smit

Erica Wessels

as Karina Smit

Fumani Shilubana

as Floyd Mabela