A railway boy loses his innocence in 1966 South Africa — and you'll feel every broken piece.
Tells the story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven year old boy, called Timus.
Acting
Paul Loots carries crushing weight in childlike silence.
Cinematography
Railway dust and Afrikaner poverty shot like painful poetry.
Direction
Eilers lets horror unfold through what Timus doesn't understand.
Director
Paul Eilers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in real 1966 railway housing outside Pretoria; many extras were actual retired railway workers.
The Afrikaans title 'Sterkelay' refers to a bird that supposedly appears before death — watch for it in the third act.
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