Faith Like Potatoes (2006)

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27/10/2006 (ZA)•Drama•1h 37m

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Where's there's love there's hope

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Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.

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Frank Rautenbach
Angus Buchan
Jeanne Neilson
Jill Buchan
Hamilton Dlamini
Simeon
Sean Cameron Michael
Fergus Buchan
Rochelle Buchan
Tom Miles
18 month old Fergie

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Written by Wuchak on Mar 20, 2018

Mundane South African biography about a struggling farmer who turns to God. RELEASED IN 2006 and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, "Faith like Potatoes" is a drama based on the life of Angus Buchan in the late 70s who moved his family from the political unrest of Zambia to eastern South Africa to start a maize farm. Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) and his family/employees (Jeanne Neilson and Hamilton Dlamini) face many challenges in their new home as Angus eventually feels led by faith to grow potatoes despite a severe drought. The documentary-like tone is similar to other African autobiogr...