Liefling (2010)

Director: Brian Webber

Starring: Lika Berning, Bobby van Jaasveld, Sonja Herholdt, Elize Cawood

Liefling Marais, is an adventure-loving young girl with a passion for life. She lives on a farm in Hartbeespoort with her father Simon, mother Linda, grandfather Karel, brother Kobus and house keeper Katy. Simon is a professor at the university and in his class are three friends, Jan, Pieter and Gert, who also live on the outskirts of the city in Hartbeespoort. It’s the December holidays and Jan, a civil engineering student raised by his grandmother, has his eye on Liefling, but spoilt little rich girl Melanie has other plans up her sleeve. Fate intervenes and brings lovers, friends and enemies together in a sumptuous musical celebration that will have audiences laughing, crying and singing along.

The film that re-introduced musicals to the Afrikaans market, having been absent for so long. In general, the entire cast was good, and the photography excellent. The musical scenes were perfectly choreographed and a pleasure to watch. The humor and drama was well balanced to bring one of the greatest Afrikaans films ever made.

In Afrikaans.