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Taxi to Soweto poster

Taxi to Soweto (1991)

A Gentle story with a moral of forgive and forget at the kernel of its’ comedy exterior ~ but also one that accurately foretold the changes that were to sweep across South Africa in 1994, as an uptight suburban Johannesburg housewife (Elize Cawood, with an equally uptight husband played by Marius Weyers) accepts a lift from a Sowetan taxi driver (Patrick Shai) and gets taken into another world entirely

Release: 1991-10-31
Runtime: 97 min
Cast
Elize Cawood
Elize Cawood
Jessica du Toit
Marius Weyers
Marius Weyers
Horace du Toit
Patrick Shai
Patrick Shai
Richard
Casper De Vries
Casper De Vries
Post Office Clerk
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Pierre Knoesen
Police Constable
Greg Latter
Greg Latter
Bike Gang Leader
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Elzette Maarschalk
Susan
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Ramolao Makhene
Nimrod
Pierre van Pletzen
Pierre van Pletzen
Arno Theron
Marcel Van Heerden
Marcel Van Heerden
Armed Patrol Man
Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh
Annelize van der Ryst Hattingh
Anastasia (as Annelize van der Ryst)
Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Secretary
Mary Twala
Mary Twala
Fedora
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Paul Slabolepszy
Hotel Manager