Taxi to Soweto

Taxi to Soweto

1991 · 97 min · Drama, Comedy

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

Directed by Manie van Rensburg · Written by Manie van Rensburg

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Cast

Elize Cawood Jessica du Toit
Marius Weyers Horace du Toit
Patrick Shai Richard
Casper De Vries Post Office Clerk
Pierre Knoesen Police Constable
Greg Latter Bike Gang Leader
Elzette Maarschalk Susan
Ramolao Makhene Nimrod
Pierre van Pletzen Arno Theron
Marcel Van Heerden Armed Patrol Man
Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh Anastasia (as Annelize van der Ryst)
Anna-Mart van der Merwe Secretary

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