Fanie Fourie's Lobola (2013)
Género : Comedia, Romance
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 37M
Director : Henk Pretorius
Escritor : Janine Eser, Henk Pretorius
Sinopsis
After Fanie takes Dinky, a strong Zulu woman, to his Afrikaans family wedding, the two find an unexpectedly fun cross-cultural romance. But in order to marry Dinky, Fanie must negotiate to pay Lobola (a South African dowry).
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