Vaselinetjie

Sep 22, 2017

1h 41m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Red Letter Day Pictures

The Film Factory

Vaselinetjie Trailers

Cast

Young Vaselinetjie

Nicole Bond

Older Vaselinetjie

Marguerite van Eeden

Grandma Kitta

Shaleen Surtie-Richards

Grandpa Simon

Royston Stoffels

Younger Texan

Ashley Hawla

Older Texan

Arno Greeff

Younger Killer

Anchen du Plessis

Older Killer

Elzet Nel

Younger Pizzaface

Daniah De Villiers

Older Pizzaface

Elani Dekker

Younger Albie

Rowan-Raine Pretorius

Older Albie

Marise Loots

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