Vaselinetjie

Vaselinetjie

2017 · 101 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce house mothers,friends, first loves and where she finally finds true self-acceptance.

Directed by Corne van Rooyen

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