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Faith Like Potatoes

Faith Like Potatoes

7,4 /10 (62 Votes)
2006 EN 116 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

27/10/2006

Votes

62

Popularity

1.0

Where's there's love there's hope

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

116 min

Budget

$597,966

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2018-03-20

⭐ 6

Mundane South African biography about a struggling farmer who turns to God. RELEASED IN 2006 and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, "Faith like Potatoes" is a drama based on the life of Angus Buchan in the late 70s who moved his family from the political unrest of Zambia to eastern South Africa to start a maize farm. Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) and his family/employees (Jeanne Neilson and Hamilton Dlamini) face many challenges in their new home as Angus eventually feels led by faith to grow potatoes despite a severe drought. The documentary-like tone is similar to other African autobiogr…

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