At Thy Call

2008
35m

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7.3/10

105

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Two SADF soldiers, Danie, a proud Afrikaner and Nick, a rebellious Englishman, teach each other an important lesson about standing up for ones beliefs in an army that allows none.

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Set in apartheid South Africa 1984, this is the story of a young man whose Afrikaner values are tested as he accepts the compulsory draft into the military and befriends a rebellious English... Read allSet in apartheid South Africa 1984, this is the story of a young man whose Afrikaner values are tested as he accepts the compulsory draft into the military and befriends a rebellious Englishman. He must decide to either stand up for what is right or answer the Call to the Republi... Read allSet in apartheid South Africa 1984, this is the story of a young man whose Afrikaner values are tested as he accepts the compulsory draft into the military and befriends a rebellious Englishman. He must decide to either stand up for what is right or answer the Call to the Republic and his family.

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AT THY CALL played at the 2008 Cannes film Festival, and has won numerous awards for best short film, including best cinematography and script. The film has come under heavy criticism by ex Afrikaans servicemen whom feel the film paints them in a "bad" light.

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At they Will

I was there i am a soutpiel , i did my two years from upington 8sai and i could hardly speak a word of afrikaans when i was conscripted.

Firstly i can tell you the language and violence were there, the corporals were really tough.

But other than that this full movie is a complete lie. There was no discrimination in the army not between white or black or any other colour or between the Afrikaners and the English speakers.

I wish i could demand this movie be removed for portraying a system that did not exist. There was a real threat and anyone saying otherwise as this movie does does not know the first thing about the war.

There was no black threat, we never heard of it as a big black threat, it was people , terrorists attempting to infiltrate the border and to smuggle weapons there were many white and black terrorists women and men, yeah some people do not realise that.

If there had been no threat then who was it that was fighting, seriously this movie should be removed and deleted so that nobody else has to go through the 34 minutes of lies.