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Film · 2018
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Ellen: Die storie van Ellen PakkiesIn the Lavender Hill community of the Cape Flats, a mother endures years of escalating abuse and theft driven by her son's severe crystal meth addiction before making a desperate choice that culminates in a landmark South African murder trial.
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Unlike so many films – South African and foreign – that attempt to portray the desperateness of those of “The Lower Depths” through a kind of easy reliance on pat stereotypes, hyped exaggeration, or even a kind of wicked gallows humour, Ellen almost always stays understated. Your mind has to do some work while you watch it.
J. Brooks Spector on Daily Maverick It turns out that this is my first ever South African film review and I think I’ve picked a real gem; Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story. I am so excited about where the South African film industry is going, over the past few years as our industry has grown we’ve started creating better quality films, refining our techniques, scripts, cinematography and performances, giving a richer quality to the beautiful stories we have to tell.
tonijeanerasmus on Film Tangent Told across two timelines, the gut-wrenching movie illuminates the stormy relationship between Ellen and Abie and the effect the penal system had on her during her trial. Ilsa Klink is the sympathetic magistrate who presides over Ellen’s case. This is a highly emotive journey and one of the best SA productions to emerge in years.
Peter Feldman on The Citizen
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