Circles in a Forest (1989)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Ian Bannen	...	MacDonald
	Arnold Vosloo	...	Saul Barnard
	Judi Trott	...	Kate MacDonald
	Brion James	...	Mr. Patterson (as Brian James)
	Joe Stewardson	...	Joram Barnard
	Christo Niehaus	...	Younger Saul Barnard
	Danielle Crouse	...	Younger Kate MacDonald
	Joanna Palmer	...	Mrs. MacDonald
	Nick Van Rensburg	...	Older Jozef Barnard
	Albert Maritz	...	Younger Jozef Barnard
	Liam Cundill	...	Older Isak Barnard
	Dulcie Van den Bergh	...	Sanna
	Prince Mokhini	...	Maska
	Shareen Swart	...	Magrieta Barnard
	Lynn White	...	Mrs. Stopforth

Storyline

Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. He goes to work on the wood buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter, Kate, and falls in love with her. After a few years (10 years in the film, 2 years in the book) he leaves MacDonald (and Kate) and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. Kate appears again. One night, an elephant makes trouble and MacDonald tells Saul's brother, Jozef, to find the elephant and kill it. Saul hears about this and sets off to find the elephant before Jozef. The film is based on the novel by Dalene Matthee, which was translated from Afrikaans to more than 10 other languages... Written by Alida Viljoen  

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