An elderly goat herder falls victim to a scam promising long-awaited reparations for her father's WWII service. Structured as a series of recurring visual 'variations', Variations on a Theme is a portrait of endurance and loss.
Hettie Farmer
Hettie
Gladwin van Niekerk
Gladwin
Magdalena Links
Hettie's Neighbour
Regan Nontas
Digger
Albertus Smit
Sleeping Man
Helen Jacobs
Hettie's Daughter
Jason Jacobs
Narrator / Petrus Jakobus Beukes
Elton Landrew
Fund Representative
Return
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Farming
The Girl in the Book
The Visit
I'm Not Here
The River
Bastard Out of Carolina
El Chicano
God Is a Bullet