Circles in a Forest

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Circles in a forest
Directed byRegardt Van den Bergh
Written byLeonard Rosenman
Starring
  • Ian Bannen
  • Brion James
  • Joe Stewardson
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
LanguageEnglish

Circles in a Forest is a 1989 South African drama film directed by Regardt van den Bergh and starring Ian Bannen, Brion James and Joe Stewardson. [1] The film score was composed by Leonard Rosenman.

Contents

The film is adapted from the novel by Dalene Matthee.

Plot

Saul Barnard befriends an elephant as a child, and later goes back to rescue it as a man.

Cast

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