Karate Kallie (2009)

An Afrikaans story about a chubby 17-year old (Kallie) who struggles to fit in in his new school. On top of that, luck has it that he falls in love with the school bully's sister.

Director:

Wimpie van der Merwe

Writer:

Wimpie van der Merwe

Stars:

Wynand van Vollenstee, Leani Lerm, Shaun Heath

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Wynand van Vollenstee	...	Kallie Haasbroek
Leani Lerm	...	Annetjie Kotzé
Shaun Heath	...	Tjommie 1 (as Shaune Heath)
Ruan Smith	...	Tjommie 2
Petrus Harmse	...	Frits Kotzé
Mike Smuts	...	Mike Haasbroek
Marga van Rooy	...	Ma
Carmilla Mosavel	...	Cherryl
Solomon Cupido	...	Errol
Henrietta Gryffenberg	...	Mevrou Kotzé
Richard van der Westhuizen	...	Karolis Kotzé
Marhette van Huyssteen	...	Juffrou de la Rey
Ben Kruger	...	Meneer Lessing
Soon Pretorius	...	Himself

Storyline

The traditional tale about the new kid on the block. Karate Kallie is the story about a chubby 17 year old school boy, Kallie. From the get go in the new town, Kallie realizes that he, and most certainly his family, don't really fit in all that well. Without a father figure around, and Kallie's low self-esteem, it is inevitable that trouble will arise in his new school. At least Kallie quickly establishes a friendship bond with a colored boy. Unfortunately this bond is not powerful enough to stop Kallie from being bullied by a fairly smaller, arrogant scholar, Frits. To make matters worse, Kallie falls in love with Frits's sister Annetjie, but will never have a taste of sweet love if he can't defend himself against Frits. Luckily for Kallie, his tow-truck driving older brother, Mike, whom is hooked on Kung-Fu movies, comes to the rescue. Mike is a bit of a racist, but the unthinkable happens and he also falls in love. With Kallie's new friend's sister! It might merely be the fact that...

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Plot Keywords:

afrikaans | girl | brother | kung fu | 

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Taglines:

Gee my jou brood... of ek skop jou dood.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

South Africa

Language:

Afrikaans

Release Date:

18 September 2009 (South Africa)

Box Office

Budget:

ZAR 1,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Trend Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color Color (PAL)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is a spin-off of a short film, which developed something of a cult following from its frequent airings on M-Net since 2007. The short film also received numerous awards at film festivals and has spread as far as the DRC, Tanzania and Afghanistan.

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Quotes

Mike Haasbroek: Horie bra, hierdie is nie 'n movie nie, ok?

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