Hansie
The news of Hansie Cronje's involvement with Indian bookmakers and his resulting public confession rocked the international sporting community. An unprecedented rise to glory was followed by the most horrific fall. A tarnished hero fuelled the nation’s fury.
Hansie (played by Frank Rautenbach) once South African cricket’s golden boy, had been stripped of everything he had held dear: a glorious captaincy, the support of his former team mates and the respect of a nation. Hansie’s bravest moment in finally confessing his involvement with bookies had suddenly become a tightening noose around his neck.
Hansie explores the very human drama of a man who, after losing everyting he has worked for, begins the painstaking journey back to choosing 'life'. The journey is cathartic. We celebrate with him his glorious victories on the cricket field but by the same token, we feel the agony of his dishonour ad the relief when he finally forgives himself, weeping in the arms of his friend and mentor, Peter Pollock. Amidst the darkness of his downfall, we are inspired by the power of his wife’s unswerving love, which shines like a beacon of hope. Hansie’s journey takes us to South Africa, India and England and his team’s fiercest battles are against the mighty Australians.
Hansie is a movie that will captivate with its human drama, its action-packed sequences and its riveting match-fixing intrigue. But above all the movie will reassure you of the ability of us all to overcome life’s difficulties with grace and diginity.
From the makers of the award winning movie ‘Faith like Potatoes’.
