Triomf

Triomf

2009 · 118 min · ★ 6.5

Adaptation of award winning novel by Marlene van Niekerk. Triomf is about the ultimate dysfunctional family, the Benades, poor white working class Afrikaner trailer trash on the eve of the first democratic election in South Africa.

Directed by Michael Raeburn · Written by Michael Raeburn

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