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Beauty (Afrikaans: Skoonheid) is a 2011 South African film co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
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- Oliver Hermanus
- Didier Costet
- Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan
Oct 5, 2012 · Beauty: Directed by Oliver Hermanus. With Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz. Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.
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- Drama
- Oliver Hermanus
- 2012-10-05
Beauty is a film directed by Oliver Hermanus with Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz. Year: 2011. Original title: Skoonheid (Beauty). Synopsis: Tells the story of Francois van Heerden, a mid-40s, white, Afrikaans-speaking family man living in Bloemfontein, who has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of ...
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- Oliver Hermanus
- South Africa
- Drama | Gay & Lesbian
Oliver Hermanus has made a rather brilliant, but exceedingly disturbing film. In a nutshell Closeted Francois's perfect life as a husband, father, entrepreneur is about to unravel as he meets the...
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- Oliver Hermanus
Drama 2011 1 hr 40 min Provocative and haunting, this powerful sophomore effort from Oliver Hermanus is an intimately intense portrayal of man's inner demons. Francois (Deon Lotz) is a dutiful husband and father but finds himself going through the motions of a loveless marriage while harboring a life-long secret.