My Father's War

Craig Gardner
2016-08-05

The truth will set you free
7
103 min

In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.

Cast

Name Character Team
Stian Bam Dawid Smit Unowned
Edwin van der Walt Benjamin 'Dap' Smit Unowned
Erica Wessels Karina Smit Unowned
Fumani Shilubana Floyd Mabela Unowned