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Satyr of Springbok Heights (The)

Country: South Africa, Language: English, 54 mins

  • Director: Robert Silke
  • Writer: Robert Silke; Nicholas Spagnoletti
  • Producer: Colin Braye; Aaron Scheiner

CGiii Comment

What an odd little film...

You have to admire the amount of work that went into this - a crazy (and creepy) imagination let loose...partly successful, definitely odd.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. Springbok Heights is a magnificent ivory tower - an art deco masterpiece and an anachronism in the new South Africa. Like its all-white inhabitants, it hasn't changed much in the last few decades. A tightly wound knot of tiny - yet superbly designed - bachelor flats, Springbok Heights seems to weave its residents into its mortar. The longer they stay... the longer they stay. Wouter Malan: Leadership qualities, musical tendencies, greasy facial hair. Wouter was compelled to take early retirement from his Physical Education post at the Oude Scholen Technical High School for Boys. Since then, money has been very, very tight. Hilda has been a Springbok Heights resident all her adult life and has had a crush on Wouter since the day he moved in. But since undergoing elective surgery in the 1970s, Hilda lacks the one thing Wouter seeks most in a companion. Nathan Golding: Affluent, endearing, mentally disabled.

Cast & Characters

Caroline Abrams as Homeless Person;
Dane Bezuidenhout as Young Eugene;
Victoria Caballaire as Hilda Steyn;
John Caviggia as Himself;
Aldo Cupido as Halfbok the Satyr;
Nicole Franco as Tony Nassif;
Godfrey Johnson as Wouter Malan;
Louise Kotze as Mavis the Cleaning Lady;
Nigel Murphy as Interviewer;
Annelie Rode as Lebanese Lisa;
Lin Sampson as Herself;
Nicholas Spagnoletti as Nathan Golding;
Fabio Todeschini as Himself