GRIEKWASTAD is based on a bestselling novel by Jacques Steenkamp that draws back to 2012, when Deon Steenkamp with his wife Christel and their teenage daughter Marthella were brutally murdered on their farm Naauwhoek in the Northern Cape province.
GRIEKWASTAD is for movie lovers who enjoy drama, crime and investigative murder cases, searching for the truth around these gruesome killings. The writer travels with the viewer as difficulties in solving the cases arise while the strange farm reveals pieces of the puzzle in solving the murder case.
The tragic story is based on Don who was found guilty of the murder of his father, Deon, his mother, Christel, and his sister, Marthella, as well as rape and defeating the ends of justice in March 2014.
People are anticipating the movie as it has shocking and violent scenes showing horrific murder by Deon’s son. The movie is directed by Jozua Malherbe and the screenplay is written by Tertius Kapp, and the film will showcase this year in local cinemas.
