River
AFRICAN GOTHIC brings to life the story of Sussie and Frikkie, characters caught in the unresolved grief and guilt of committing a horrific crime. Having experienced a traumatic childhood shaped by ab…
River
AFRICAN GOTHIC brings to life the story of Sussie and Frikkie, characters caught in the unresolved grief and guilt of committing a horrific crime. Having experienced a traumatic childhood shaped by abusive parenting on their rural South African farm, they re-enact their childhood traumas. When presented with alternatives, they respond with a show of violent force and retreat deeper into their isolation. They have allowed their farm to decay by rejecting reality and creating an eerie fantasy world, endlessly enacting the rituals of punishment and humiliation to which their parents had subjected them. With the farm ruined and in the grip of an exhausting drought, they face eviction by an officious lawyer, who is onto their dark secret.
River
Drama
Film Details
AFRICAN GOTHIC brings to life the story of Sussie and Frikkie, characters caught in the unresolved grief and guilt of committing a horrific crime. Having experienced a traumatic childhood shaped by abusive parenting on their rural South African farm, they re-enact their childhood traumas. When presented with alternatives, they respond with a show of violent force and retreat deeper into their isolation.
They have allowed their farm to decay by rejecting reality and creating an eerie fantasy world, endlessly enacting the rituals of punishment and humiliation to which their parents had subjected them. With the farm ruined and in the grip of an exhausting drought, they face eviction by an officious lawyer, who is onto their dark secret..