Afrikaans South Africa, a list by Raymond Roesstorff

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78

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3.8

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93

/43/

91

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82

/5/

age 8+

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

74

6.8

/2183/

66

/64/

62

/60/

3.6

/3067/

91

/53/

67

/11/

80

/14/

3.5

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.

73

6.9

/917/

67

/56/

75

/13/

3.2

/3101/

91

/65/

83

/50/

74

/16/

2.5

age 15+

Eight-year-old Bobo grows up on her family farm in Rhodesia in 1980 during the final days of the Bush War to end British colonial rule. Her eyes see conflict, the family's bond to the land, and the lasting wounds that war imprints on those who live through it.

NEW

70

7.5

/3133/

75

/25/

81

/16/

3.2

/5988/

55

/6/

3.0

age 6+

From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young shepherd armed with only a sling, a few stones, and unshakable faith steps forward. Pursued by power and driven by purpose, his journey tests the limits of loyalty, love, and courage—culminating in a battle not just for a crown, but for the soul of a kingdom.

67

6.1

/1038/

70

/72/

56

/27/

3.4

/1088/

76

/34/

88

/17/

73

/12/

2.0

Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one of them, returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it.

66

6.8

/4741/

68

/218/

66

/90/

3.6

/7639/

91

/97/

73

/12/

69

/12/

1.0

age 17+

A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.

65

6.7

/20565/

66

/906/

66

/504/

3.3

/5463/

60

/70/

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

64

7.1

/29950/

71

/1029/

68

/560/

3.3

/9959/

61

/145/

68

/640/

60

/32/

2.0

age 15+

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

62

5.6

/7594/

59

/618/

59

/227/

3.0

/14143/

84

/67/

45

/46/

64

/11/

3.0

In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.

62

6.7

/11918/

72

/958/

69

/245/

3.3

/4935/

63

/19/

69

/39/

54

/11/

1.5

After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.

61

5.2

/4536/

61

/193/

60

/90/

2.7

/1431/

73

/11/

68

/15/

2.5

An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.

69

60

6.6

/2934/

68

/133/

70

/55/

3.3

/2130/

80

/10/

69

/41/

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. John Milton is a boy from an ordinary background who wins a scholarship to a private school in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Surrounded by boys with nicknames like Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. Along the way Spud takes his first tentative steps along the path to manhood. (The path it seems could be a rather long road). Spud is an only child. He is cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe and a senile granny. His dad is a fervent anti-communist who is paranoid that the family domestic worker is running a shebeen from her room at the back of the family home. His mom is a free spirit and a teenager's worst nightmare, whether it's shopping for Spud's underwear in the local supermarket

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59

6.3

/4786/

68

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63

/148/

3.1

/2572/

71

/7/

61

/18/

age 15+

After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.

59

5.6

/3453/

61

/268/

51

/87/

2.9

/8695/

80

/56/

58

/30/

2.0

Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.

55

5.0

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56

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61

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2.5

/11544/

45

/11/

70

/69/

A group of unwitting sorority sisters accidentally awaken the serial-killing Leprechaun after they build a sorority house on his hunting grounds.

54

4.8

/8733/

53

/329/

52

/125/

2.4

/2689/

50

/26/

74

/15/

48

/5/

2.5

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

53

6.2

/6845/

64

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63

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3.1

/3092/

63

/32/

43

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46

/7/

1.0

age 17+

A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.

59

53

6.3

/7386/

60

/143/

60

/115/

3.0

/3266/

70

/44/

41

/78/

age 15+

Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One such actress was Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model given her big break when Hitchcock’s wife saw her on a TV commercial. Brought to Universal Studios, Hedren was shocked when the director, at the peak of his career, quickly cast her to star in his next feature, 1963’s The Birds. Little did Hedren know that as ambitious and terrifying as the production would be to shoot, the most daunting aspect of the film ended up coming from behind the camera.

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6.8

/281896/

70

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68

/8285/

3.1

/223051/

32

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56

/3147/

41

/39/

1.0

age 17+

Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

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51

4.7

/2309/

62

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58

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2.4

/1978/

80

/5/

43

/25/

age 15+

A retired assassin is pulled back into action when his friend uncovers a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the South African government.

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51

4.7

/2095/

61

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55

/45/

2.4

/1805/

72

/68/

When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.

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4.9

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62

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66

/45/

2.1

/3006/

94

/17/

age 10+

A workaholic dad, trying to win over his kids, heads to the coast of Durban for a big work meeting — under the guise of a family road trip vacation.

49

5.2

/537/

50

/45/

42

/10/

3.1

/1601/

84

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33

/2/

59

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0.5

age 15+

In post-apartheid South Africa, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her own estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. And as Tsidi tries to heal her family, a sinister spectre begins to stir.

49

5.7

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64

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60

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2.6

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44

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44

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40

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1.5

age 6+

A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.

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7.1

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66

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62

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3.6

/6215/

55

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87

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Haunted by a forbidden affair, a young man in a 1920s “conversion” clinic finds hope in a compassionate nurse who challenges the era’s cruel norms.

75

46

7.5

/1306/

78

/113/

74

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3.7

/2505/

age 8+

Rescued from poachers, an endangered baby pangolin embarks on a journey back to the wild with help from a devoted human guardian in this documentary.

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46

5.6

/2006/

61

/280/

69

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2.9

/1775/

66

/15/

age 6+

After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can’t whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.

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6.3

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53

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57

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3.3

/797/

84

/19/

60

/45/

François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.

63

44

5.5

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63

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69

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2.6

/998/

77

/28/

age 5+

The Jungle Beat animals think it’s the best thing ever when an alien arrives in the jungle bringing with him the power of speech. They also surprisingly think it’s the best thing ever when they find out that he’s been sent to conquer them.

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5.2

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61

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54

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2.3

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27

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36

/19/

2.0

age 17+

A daredevil designs and operates his own theme park with his friends.

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41

5.5

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56

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57

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3.1

/779/

78

/36/

65

/5/

A mother and her three daughters — romantic Bee, sensible Evie, and child of nature Daisy — occupy the titular glass building, which has been completely sealed off to protect its occupants from a dementia-inducing toxin called the Shred that’s poisoning the air outside. Fearful of becoming like the lost souls who wander the abyss outside, the family keep a grasp on their past by performing sacred rituals. When Bee breaks the rules and lets an injured stranger into their midst, the family dynamic is shattered forever, as hidden truths upend the illusions the women have worked so hard to protect.

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40

3.9

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47

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58

/68/

2.6

/440/

73

/11/

72

/33/

48

/4/

Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.

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40

6.3

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61

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58

/22/

3.4

/434/

94

/16/

75

/16/

78

/4/

Entrapped in his apartment, Randal, a recent paraplegic, is given a gift of binoculars by his devoted girlfriend, Pam. But Randal is in financial debt to a sadistic loan shark, and when he witnesses a powerful criminal commit a murder while observing his neighbours through binoculars, he initiates a treacherous blackmail scheme.

50

39

4.5

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52

/224/

54

/116/

2.5

/781/

age 15+

Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?

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37

4.6

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51

/65/

51

/24/

2.9

/985/

100

/5/

1901, South Africa. As the Second Anglo-Boer War rages on, a wounded General seeks refuge in the small home of a woman and her young daughter. As the hurt man settles in, he begins noticing that something is off about the two women, particularly the daughter, and before long, he’ll learn the real reason for why they’ve invited him and for how they’ve survived on their own for so long.

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36

4.6

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56

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69

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2.5

/1275/

67

/6/

29

/7/

age 15+

While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.

36

4.4

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51

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43

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2.1

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19

/80/

19

/7/

When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth

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34

6.9

/916/

71

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68

/17/

3.5

/10097/

When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.

50

34

4.5

/1185/

52

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46

/13/

2.5

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60

/10/

50

/4/

A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city.

79

34

7.5

/777/

76

/20/

64

/20/

3.7

/757/

100

/12/

89

/5/

Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.

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34

4.2

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59

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1.7

/3397/

8

/32/

age 13+

When Destiny, captain of three-time national champions "The Rebels," is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called "The Truth," the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world. It seems like the whole world wants to take down Destiny and her team, and they just might succeed, unless Destiny can rise to the challenge, set her ego aside and figure out who her real friends are.

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33

5.6

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61

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58

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2.9

/746/

64

/12/

age 16+

When two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.

58

33

4.9

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60

/126/

67

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3.0

/247/

57

/4/

An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

67

33

5.9

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71

/103/

67

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3.1

/455/

76

/14/

Emma le Roux just wants to go home for the holidays. Gentle, beautiful, pacifist Emma. She's made the trip to her father's farm a thousand times. Piece of cake. But not today. Today she will cross paths with members of a violent drug syndicate. Everything starts falling apart, and fast. At first they were driven by hate and revenge. Suddenly, it's survival.

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32

7.4

/981/

71

/81/

68

/9/

3.5

/2972/

South African producer / director JON DAY spent the last 5 years making a documentary about the mysterious rap-rave group, DIE ANTWOORD. Art directed by surrealist photographer, ROGER BALLEN. Narrated by NINJA & ¥O-LANDI'S daughter, 16 JONES.

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29

4.2

/1236/

57

/193/

58

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2.6

/386/

age 15+

Over the course of one fateful day, a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord.

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29

6.1

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67

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69

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3.2

/978/

46

/7/

The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen and still no signs of the much anticipated ball-drop, Spud is coming to terms with the fact that he may well be a freak of nature. With a mother hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing out of selling homemade moonshine, and a demented grandmother called Wombat, the new year seems to offer little except extreme embarrassment and more mortifying Milton madness. But Spud is returning to a boarding school where he is no longer the youngest or the smallest. His dormitory mates, known as the Crazy Eight, have an unusual new member and his house has a new clutch of first years (the Normal Seven). If Spud thinks his second year will be a breeze, however, he is seriously mistaken.

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5.4

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54

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58

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