Faith Like Potatoes
Where's there's love there's hope
PG 2006 · 116 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
Directed by Regardt van den Bergh · Written by Regardt van den Bergh
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