Poppie Nongena

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Poppie Nongena
Directed byChristiaan Olwagen
Written byChristiaan Olwagen
Saartjie Botha
Based onDie swerfjare van Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert
Produced byHelena Spring
StarringClementine Mosimane
Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Chris Gxalaba
CinematographyVicci Turpin
Edited byEva du Preez
Production
company
Helena Spring Films
Release dates
  • August 2019 (2019-08)(Silwerskerm)
  • 31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)
Running time
141 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageAfrikaans

Poppie Nongena is a 2019 South African biographical drama film written and directed by award-winning director Christiaan Olwagen. [1] The film is based on a biographical novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena ( The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena ) by Elsa Joubert which is also considered as one of the finest African novels of the twentieth century. [2] The film stars Clementine Mosimane playing the title role, Anna-Mart van der Merwe and Chris Gxalaba in the lead roles. The film was released on 31 January 2020 and received positive reviews from the critics. [3] It won several awards and nominations at a few film festivals. The film won 12 awards in the 2019 Silwerskerm Film Festival including the Best Film Accolade. [4] The record haul of 12 awards is regarded as the highest tally ever recorded for a single film at an Afrikaans film festival. [5]

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Synopsis

The film revolves around Poppie Nongena, an Afrikaans/Xhosa South African whose life revolves around her family and finding stability in a period of immense upheaval in apartheid South Africa where women were forced by arrests. When Poppie's husband Stone becomes too ill to manage and maintain his contract work, Poppie is deemed by the state of law to be an illegal resident of the country. [6]

Cast

Awards and nominations [7] [8]

Nominations

South African Film and Television Awards

Poppie Nongena was nominated for eight Golden Horn awards at the 2020 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA).

  • Best Feature Film: Helena Spring (producer of Poppie Nongena)
  • Best Achievement in Directing — Feature Film: Christiaan Olwagen
  • Best Actress — Feature Film: Clementine Mosimane
  • Best Supporting Actress — Feature Film: Anna-Mart van der Merwe
  • Best Achievement in Script Writing — Feature Film: Christiaan Olwagen and Saartjie Botha
  • Best Achievement in Cinematography — Feature Film: Vicci Turpin
  • Best Achievement in Costume Design — Feature Film: Sylvia van Heerden
  • Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling — Feature Film: Gale Shepherd

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  • Best Film Adaptation: Christiaan Olwagen

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