The Road to Mecca (1991)
An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.
- Date of release
- 1991-03-10
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
- Director
- Athol Fugard, Peter Goldsmid
Casting
- Kathy Bates — Elsa Barlow
- Yvonne Bryceland — Miss Helen
- Athol Fugard — Rev. Marius Byleveld
- Soli Philander — Koos Malgas
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