Die Pro

Die Pro is a 2015 South African film directed by Andre Velts for kykNet. It is the first Afrikaans Surf Film to be produced.[2] Die Pro is based on Leon de Villiers book also titled Die Pro. It was among the most anticipated Afrikaans Films at the Silwerskerm Film Festival alongside films such as Dis ek, Anna.[3]

Die Pro
Directed byAndre Velts
Produced byAnnelie Bouwer
Starlyn George
Steven Istock
Monique Nayard
Tiaan van Niekerk
Written byTiaan van Niekerk
StarringEdwin van der Walt
Reine Swart
Zakeeya Patel
Arno Greeff
Vilje Maritz
Marcel van Heerden
Alberts Maritz
Neels van Jaarsveld
Music byBouwer Bosch
Wynand Delport
CinematographyEduan Kitching
Edited byLinsen Loots
Production
company
kykNet
Hoofkantoor Produksies
Release date
  • August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageAfrikaans, English
Box office$72,731[1]

Plot

Teenage surfer, Tiaan Nothnagel, has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Dirkie Lawrence. After Dirkie's death, Tiaan doesn’t want to surf anymore. Then, Dirkie's twin sister, Yvette Lawrence, arrives in town and wants to be selected as a Wave-Seeker, a fictional World Surf Tour and something that Tiaan and Dirkie wanted to be a part of. For Yvette to succeed, she needs Tiaan's help, and needs him to get back on his surfboard...[4]

History

The film is based on the youth book by Leon de Villiers. Leon de Villiers was born in Durban on July 25, 1960. He matriculated at Hercules High School in Pretoria. He then studied at the University of Pretoria, where he obtained a BA and Honors degree in Political Science and International Politics. He also obtained a Higher Education Diploma at the same university. After his studies he was a history teacher, but in 1993 he started writing full-time. His first youth book, Aliens and Angels, appeared in Tafelberg in 1996. His second book, De Pro (1997), received a Sanlam Prize, the Scheepers Prize for Youth Literature and the M.E.R. Award.[5] The book is a prescribed book for grade nine and ten students in South African schools.[6]

References
  1. "Die Pro". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. "Die bont, die blou…". news24. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. "5 movies to watch at the Silwerskerm Festival this year". Channel 24. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. "Die Pro sterre mom na Suid-Kaap". Oudtshoorn Courant. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. "Heruitgawe van Leon de Villiers se aangrypende tienerverhaal oor virendskap en verlies Die Pro". NB Bookslive. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. "Die film gegrond op die Pro deer Leon de Villiers première Vrydagaand by die 2015 Silwerskermfees". NB Bookslive. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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