Paljas
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Paljas is a South Africa
n film, in the language of Afrikaans
released in 1998
. Paljas was written by Chris Barnard
and directed by Katinka Heyns.
, whose life is changed when a travelling circus leaves a clown
behind in town.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n film, in the language of Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
released in 1998
1998 in film
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. Paljas was written by Chris Barnard
Chris Barnard (author)
Christiaan Johan Barnard is a South African author born July 15, 1939. Well known for penning various Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns, youth novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, film scripts and television dramas....
and directed by Katinka Heyns.
Awards
The film was submitted for the 70th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the first South African submission since the end of Apartheid. The film won five awards at the 1997 M-Net All Africa Film Awards.Synopsis
The story is about the family of a station master in a small town in the KarooKaroo
The Karoo is a semi-desert region of South Africa. It has two main sub-regions - the Great Karoo in the north and the Little Karoo in the south. The 'High' Karoo is one of the distinct physiographic provinces of the larger South African Platform division.-Great Karoo:The Great Karoo has an area of...
, whose life is changed when a travelling circus leaves a clown
Clown
Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by the grotesque image of the circus clown's colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, and red nose, which evolved to project their actions to large audiences. Other less grotesque styles have also...
behind in town.