Dorpie

by Julia Jaki
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh
  • 2022 Film Five GmbH | Eaton de Jongh

    Synopsis

    Koekie, Fluksie, Zana and Jo-Marie live together in a safehouse in Bredasdorp, South Africa. The small community has been shaken by a series of rapes and murders of women. Social worker Lana O'Neill felt compelled to create a safe place for the most vulnerable women in town. Her activities range widely, from picking up addicts under a bridge to negotiating funding with the deputy mayor. Following Lana, we see how poverty, addiction and sexual violence wreak havoc on the lives of the women in Bredasdorp. The government, meanwhile, is doing nearly nothing to help Lana, and the pressure on her inevitably increases.

    Festivals

    2022
    35 IDFA – Frontlight
    2023
    Filmfest FrauenWelten – Terre des Femmes, Berlin

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Julia Jaki

    Producer

    Florian Schewe (Film Five GmbH)

    Score

    Gary Thomas

    Editor

    Khalid Shamis

    DoP

    Eaton De Jongh

    Sound Design

    Jade Hill, Carl Roberts, Jack van Wyk