African Gothic (2013)
Blood is thicker than water...
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : Gabriel Bologna
Writer : Damon Shalit
Synopsis
On an isolated farm in Apartheid South Africa two lovers find themselves at risk of losing everything to a big city lawyer; they will stop at nothing to prevent him from exposing a dark family secret.
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