{"id":5549,"date":"2017-11-15T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:58:50","slug":"christmas-comes-early-this-year-as-liewe-kersfeesvader-offers-an-abundance-of-festive-cheer-and-goodwill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/christmas-comes-early-this-year-as-liewe-kersfeesvader-offers-an-abundance-of-festive-cheer-and-goodwill\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Comes Early This Year As Liewe Kersfeesvader Offers An Abundance Of Festive Cheer And Goodwill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The festive season kicks off early this year when the new Afrikaans comedy-drama, Liewe Kersfeesvader, hits cinema screens this Friday, 17 November.<\/p>\n

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Morne Visser, Mila Guy & Dean-John Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this delightfully funny and charming tale, with enough heart and soul for multiple Christmas seasons, audiences get to meet the Blignaut family \u2013 Herman, Ma, daughter Nonnie and kleptomaniac son Hugo.\u00a0 This seemingly perfect Karoo family is, however, particularly vulnerable when the silly season hits.\u00a0 Ma\u2019s Christmas gift to the family comes in the form of a set of divorce papers and the \u2018good news\u2019 that she is leaving the family to join a travelling circus.<\/p>\n

Deserted by their mother and with their father in a funk, Nonnie is left to take care of Hugo and keep some semblance of order in the home. And just as Nonnie wraps her head around her changed circumstances, her father announces that he is Father Christmas\u2026<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Etienne Fourie (Dis Koue Kos, Skat) and produced by Stefan Enslin (Nul is Nie Niks Nie) of Faith in Motion Productions, Liewe Kersfeesvader showcases some of the country\u2019s best-loved actors including Morn\u00e9 Visser, Milan Murray, Mila Guy, Dean-John Smith, June van Merch, Melt Sieberhagen, Terence Bridgett, and introduces Eloff Snyman as Hugo.\u00a0 The film also features a new arrangement of Laurika Rauch\u2019s hit single Kyk Hoe Glinster die Maan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many families, Christmas is a somewhat fraught event that seldom delivers on the magic associated with the day and this allowed me enormous leeway when writing Liewe Kersfeesvader,\u201d says Fourie.\u00a0 \u201cI was able to mine my own family experiences as well as giving full reign to a number of imagined scenarios. That said, it was important to me that I approach the characters in an empathetic, understanding and affectionate fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liewe Kersfeesvader was shot on location in the scenic hamlet of Prince Albert in the Karoo and is distinguished by outstanding 50s-inspired production design by Christian Joubert.\u00a0 Joubert\u2019s attention to detail perfectly captures the quirky, off-beat spirit and fantasy elements of Fourie\u2019s script, making Liewe Kersfeesvader a visual feast.<\/p>\n

Liewe Kersfeesvader is distributed by Times Media Films.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfbBGLx0Ly4&t=29s<\/p>\n

Facebook: www.facebook.com\/liewekersfeesvader<\/a><\/p>\n

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The festive season kicks off early this year when the new Afrikaans comedy-drama, Liewe Kersfeesvader, hits cinema screens this Friday, 17 November. In this delightfully funny and charming tale, with enough heart and soul for multiple Christmas seasons, audiences get to meet the Blignaut family \u2013 Herman, Ma, daughter Nonnie and kleptomaniac son Hugo.\u00a0 This… Continue reading Christmas Comes Early This Year As Liewe Kersfeesvader Offers An Abundance Of Festive Cheer And Goodwill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}