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Vaselinetjie

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At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce house mothers,friends, first loves and where she finally finds true self-acceptance.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-09-22

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Corne van Rooyen

Spoken language: Afrikaans

Genres: Drama

Original title: Vaselinetjie

Production Companies: Red Letter Day Pictures, The Film Factory

Production Countries: South Africa

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