''The Story of an African Farm'', released in the United States as ''Bustin' Bonaparte: The Story of an African Farm'',
Retrieved 2011-08-06 is a 2004 South African film directed by David Lister and based on the 1883 novel of the same name by South African author

Olive Schreiner Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel '' The Story of an African Farm'' (1883), which has been highly acclaimed. It dea ...

Plot

The setting is a farm on the slopes of a Karoo Kopje, South Africa, during the 1870s. Fat Tant Sannie (Karin van der Laag) looks after her charges, the sweet Em ( Anneke Weidemann) and the independent Lyndall (

Kasha Kropinski Kasha Kropinski (born Katarzynka Kropiński 1991) is a South African-American actress. Personal life Kasha was born in South Africa, the daughter of Jacek Kropiński and Debbie Cochrane. Jacek is a filmmaker and Debbie is a former international ...

), with a strict Biblical hand - it was Em's father's dying wish. Gentle Otto (

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German actor who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Shine (1996 film), Sh ...

), the farm manager, runs the farm and cares for Waldo, his son. Waldo ( Luke Gallant) is bright, and busy building a model of a sheep-shearing machine that he hopes will make them all rich. Things change when the sinister, eccentric Bonaparte Blenkins (

Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is an Eswatini-born English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy '' Withnail and I'' (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack H ...

) with bulbous nose and chimney pot hat arrives. Their childhood is disrupted by the bombastic Irishman who claims blood ties with Wellington and Queen Victoria and so gains uncanny influence over the girls' stepmother, Tant Sannie.

Cast

as Otto *

as Bonaparte Blenkins * Karin van der Laag as Tant Sannie *

as Lyndall * Luke Gallant .as Waldo * Anneke Weidemann as Em * Elriza Swanepoel as Trana * Nichol Petersen as Tant Sannie's Maid * Chris-Jan Steenkamp as Sheep Shearer

References

External links

The official website
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