Karate Kallie – Die Movie’ on the BIG SCREEN in September
Karate Kallie, an Afrikaans feel-good romantic comedy about a chubby, love‑struck schoolboy victim of a psychotic bully, will be on the big screen on 18 September.
Executive producer Charl Groenewald attributes the appeal of Karate Kallie to its universal themes oflove, oppression, pride and respect which cross gender, race, language and even national boundaries.
Karate Kallie – Die Hele Movie features Wynand van Vollenstee (Kallie); Mike Smuts as his brother, Mike; Leani Lerm playing his love interest, Annetjie; and Petrus Harmse in the role of bully Fritz. They are joined by several seasoned actors including Marga van Rooy, Ben Kruger, Henrietta Gryffenberg, Marhette van Huyssteen and Richard van der Westhuizen.
Karate expert, Soon Pretorius also makes an appearance as himself, while newcomers Solomon Cupido and the feisty Carmilla Mosavel do a great job in rounding off the cast.
Writer/director Wimpie van der Merwe graduated cum laude in 2006 with a B‑Tech degree in Scriptwriting and Directing from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Karate Kallie is his first full‑length feature film.
The movie is a spin-off of a short film, which developed something of a cult following from its frequent airings on M-Net from 2007. The short film also received numerous awards at film festivals and has spread as far as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Afghanistan.
