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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1994 - 30 July.6 August

Sections & Films

TAXI TO SOWETO

Category: Edition 1994

Synopsis
An Afrikaans Woman's car breaks down and she's forced to take a minibus taxi. Misunderstandings and cultural confusion see her end up in Soweto, where she learns more about herself.

Original Title Taxi to Soweto
Italian Title Taxi per Soweto
Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 87'
Production Year 1991
Nationality South Africa
Directed by Manie Van Rensburg
Screenplay Marina Bekker, Manie van Rensburg
Main cast Elize Cawood, Marius Weyers, Patrick Shai

 regista manie van rensburgMANIE VAN RENSBURG

Manie van Rensburg was born on October 24, 1945 in Krugersdorp, South Africa as Hermanus Philippus Janse van Rensburg. He was a director and producer, known for Freddie's in Love (1971), The Gordimer Stories (1982) and Taxi to Soweto (1991). He was married to Anita Maria Erasmus and Grethe Fox. He died in December 1993 in Johannesburg, South Africa.