New SA film to release
Wed, 13 Feb 2008
Described as a film about “finding yourself, despite high school”, the new South African film “Bakgat!” will go on local release from 11 April.
Positioned as ‘the first Afrikaans feature film that was primarily made for a youth market’, “Bakgat! was produced by The Film Factory in association with Bakgat Rolprent. Written and directed by Henk Pretorius and produced by Danie Bester, the film stars Ivan Botha, Cherie van der Merwe and Altus Theart.
“Bakgat!” follows the trials of mega schoolboy geek Wimpie Koekemoer, who is constantly embarrassed by his conservative mother and his strange father, especially in front of girls. Wimpie’s big dream is to be popular.
This dream could become a reality when the most popular girl in school, Katrien Swanepoel, is dumped by first team rugby centre Werner ‘Killer’ Botha. Katrien and her friends Liezl and Christie decide to give Werner a taste of his own medicine by planning to make Wimpie the new first team centre.
Says Pretorius: “With this movie I wanted bring across a universal theme in Afrikaans. This goal was shared by producer Danie Bester from the start. We basically wanted to make a Hollywood-type movie in Afrikaans. Each character in Bakgat! is someone that the audience can relate to. The plot development in Bakgat! is also relevant. The story takes place in high school and the search for individuality and identity becomes a relevant theme.”
February 15th, 2008 at 11:33 am
jesus.