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Two high level scuba-divers and long-time friends, Don and Dave, broke a world record for depth in the Boesmansgat cave in South Africa. It would take them 15 minutes to reach the bottom, but 12 hours to surface. Having reached the bottom, against all odds, they find a body. They decide to come back and retrieve it. They call the parents, enrol 8 fellow divers, and hire a cameraman to document the dive. The camera will follow them throughout the preparation and the dive, including to the bottom of the cave. Little did they know that on that historic dive, Dave would not be coming back. In this time of over-performance driven by self-promotion and self-filming comes Boesmansgat, a story of loss and mourning where egoism and altruism, hubris and self-control, risk-taking and spirituality all go hand in hand. A cascade of choices and tense paradoxes that lead to a tragedy long foreseen, yet impossible to prevent.
Original Release
09/11/2020
US Release
11/10/2020
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Andrews | Self |
| Deon Dreyer | Self |
| Theo Dreyer | Self |
| Peter Herbst | Self |
| Jack Meintjies | Self |
| Ann Shaw | Self |
| David Shaw | Self |
| Andre Shirley | Self |
| Don Shirley | Self |
| Verna Van Schaik | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Andrews | Self |
| Deon Dreyer | Self |
| Theo Dreyer | Self |
| Peter Herbst | Self |
| Jack Meintjies | Self |
| Ann Shaw | Self |
| David Shaw | Self |
| Andre Shirley | Self |
| Don Shirley | Self |
| Verna Van Schaik | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Marwan Haroun | Executive Producer |
| Bob Moore | Executive Producer |
| Jonah Malak | Producer |
| Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre | Producer |
| Karim B Haroun | Producer |
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