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A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

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A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are introduced to a school teacher assigned to a small village, a despotic revolutionary, and a clumsy biologist. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

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The critics are raving... the natives are restless... and the laughter is non-stop! See more »

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10 September 1980 (South Africa)  »

Also Known As:

Os Deuses Devem Estar Loucos  »

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$51,200,000 (USA)
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Didn't receive a major U.S. release until 1984. See more »

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At the end of the movie when Andrew is covered in flour he also has a lipstick kiss on his cheek before Kate kisses him for the first time. See more »

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Narrator: It looks like a paradise, but it is in fact the most treacherous desert in the world... the Kalahari. After the short rainy season, there are many waterholes, and even rivers. But after a few weeks, the water sinks away into the deep Kalahari sand, the waterholes dry up, and the rivers stop flowing. The grass fades to a beautiful blond colour that offers excellent grazing. But for the next nine months there will be no water to drink, so most of the animals move away, leaving the ...
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Featured in In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1993) See more »

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"Jan's Box of Tricks"
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Music by Jack Trombey
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Interesting film, one that will be remembered for a long time
22 April 2003 | by (Tucson, AZ) – See all my reviews

It seemed simplistic, yet it was so brilliant in its execution that it ranks as one of the more interesting films of the last century. Unique and different, this film showed a different side of Africa and introduced one of the few genuine characters in the African Bushman. Highly recommended for anyone who has not seen this film. If you can find it, rent it.


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