Promised Land (2002 film)

Promised Land
Promised Land
Directed by	Jason Xenopoulos
Written by	Karel Schoeman (novel); Jason Xenopoulos
Starring	Nick Boraine
Music by	Arvo Pärt
Release date	2002;
Running time	100 min.
Country	South Africa
Language	English

Last updated October 20, 2025

Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.^[1]

The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine; other cast included Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh. It was made on a budget of just over R15 (~2US$).

In 2002, it won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

References

↑ Tomaselli, Keyan (2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8.

External links

Promised Land at IMDb
Sonnekus, Neil (24 January 2003). "You can't go home again". Mail & Guardian . Johannesburg, South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Review of Promised Land.

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[1] Tomaselli, Keyan (2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8.

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