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Vaselinetjie
Genres
Drama
Overview
At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce house mothers,friends, first loves and where she finally finds true self-acceptance.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
101 min
Release Date
2017-09-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Afrikaans
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Nicole Bond
Young Vaselinetjie
Marguerite van Eeden
Older Vaselinetjie
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Grandma Kitta
Royston Stoffels
Grandpa Simon
Ashley Hawla
Younger Texan
Arno Greeff
Older Texan
Anchen du Plessis
Younger Killer
Elzet Nel
Older Killer
Daniah De Villiers
Younger Pizzaface
Elani Dekker
Older Pizzaface
Rowan-Raine Pretorius
Younger Albie
Marise Loots
Older Albie
Melita Steyn
Loeloe
Zack Mtombeni
Brutus
David Mello
Mr. Kedibone
Karin van der Laag
Tannie Snorre
Izel Bezuidenhout
KitCat
Anton Dekker
Mr. Hoffman
Wilbur Jansen van Rensburg
Older Bart
Drikus Volschenk
Mnr Du Pisanie
Jai'prakash Sewram
Inspektor
Èmil Haarhoff
Colin Prop
Bradley Olivier
Rashid
Dean Smith
Juice
Heidi Mollentze
Welfare Worker
Henk Hugo
Pastor
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