Liefling die Movie

Plot Summary

Featuring an all-star cast and a soundtrack that includes the most well known Afrikaans songs from the 70s to today, Liefling, die Movie is a love story in the tradition of spectacular musicals such as Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia! and High School Musical.Taking its name from tenor Gé Korsten‟s evergreen and hugely popular song Liefling (Sweetheart in English), the film tells the story of Liefling Marais, an adventure loving young girl with a passion for life. She lives on a farm in Hartbeespoort with her father Simon, mother Linda, grandfather Karel, brother Kobus and house keeper Katy. Simon is a professor at the university and in his class are three friends, Jan, Pieter and Gert, who also live on the outskirts of the city in Hartbeespoort. It‟s the December holidays and Jan, a civil engineering student raised by his grandmother, has his eye on Liefling, but spoilt little rich girl Melanie has other plans up her sleeve. Fate intervenes and brings lovers, friends and enemies together in a sumptuous musical celebration that will have audiences laughing, crying and singing along.