Directed by Rudolf Buitendach and starring Isaach De Bankole (Casino Royale, Manderlay), Juliet Landau (Ed Wood, BioShock), Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, The Making Of The Mob: New York) and Sizo Motsoko, the drama premiered at and won best narrative film at the San Diego film festival in 2014.
Lensed in Equatorial Guinea, South AFRICA and the Netherlands; the indie has also won awards at Sunscreen film Festival, Helsinki African Film Festival, and has also featured and been warmly received at the Pan African film festival, AFI Silver and Heartland film festivals.
In addition to Netflix USA, the film will also be avail on Netflix in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and English speaking African countries. A Rotterdam-based respected scientist and lecturer (Isaach De Bankole) has grown weary of the world of academia. The sudden death of an old friend who has been running a field research station in AFRICA gives him the incentive he needs to turn his back on his academia and return to his African roots. Arriving in Equatorial Guinea he finds the field station in a state of disrepair. Through a local boy Jimi, his jaded eyes are opened to the possibilities of life there. Jimi also introduces him to Corina (Juliet Landau) who runs the local orphanage and a tentative but heartfelt romance begins. With the unexpected arrival of George's old friend Martin (Stelio Savante), George discovers there are many obstacles on the road to redemption... and many more where the road runs out.Watch the trailer below!
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