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Cape of Good Hope is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 13 october 2004 with Eriq Ebouaney
Cape of Good Hope (2004)
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Add to a movie listThe Cape of Good Hope is a 2004 South African comedy drama film written and produced by Suzanne Kay Bamford and her husband Mark Bamford under the direction of Mark Bamford. It was Mark Bamford's first feature film after his critically praised short, Hero (2001).
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.
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The story revolves around an animal rescue shelter and the characters who work there. Kate runs the shelter and is involved with a married man, oblivious to the romantic interests of Morne, the local veterinarian. Sharifa, the receptionist, is desperately struggling to have a child and satisfy her husband. And handyman Jean Claude finds himself torn between his love for a single mother and the desire to emigrate.Actors
Eriq Ebouaney
(Jean Claude)
Nick Boraine
(Stephen van Heern)
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