WITH Geon Nel DIRECTOR Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck SCRIPT AND ADAPTION Francois Toerien, based on Herman Lategan’s novel of the same name ASSISTENTREGIE, TEGNIESE VERSORGING EN VERHOOGBESTUURDER Jeanne Steenkamp MUSIC Coenraad Rall SET DESIGN SET DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN John B. Swart PRODUCER Arena Produksiehuis
He is called a hoerkind (whore child). At six he goes to the orphanage. His stepfather shoots at him. At 13, he falls into the clutches of a paedophile. Alcohol and drug addiction gets him down. One night he is held hostage and stabbed with a knife. His mistakes abound, but he learns from them and carries on. A true story about loss and victory, based on the journalist Herman Lategan’s memoirs.
