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Ballade Vir 'n enkeling

1987 · 1 season

A quiet, talky investigative drama that unfolds through interviews and memories, asking you to piece a missing man together.

Created by
Henry Mylne
Genres
Drama
Overview
Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling (Ballad for a Loner) is an Afrikaans language drama set in 1985 that centres around the search by a young journalist for her colleague and fellow journalist Jacques Rynhard following his sudden, mysterious disappearance. As the story begins Jacques has just been awarded the Basson Prize for his novel Die Enkeling, but he disappears before the announcement is made. Otto Beukes, the editor of the magazine Die Huisvriend, decides to follow up on the story and puts top journalist Carina Human on the story. In a quest to find out where Jacques has gone and why he's disappeared Human begins the search for him by locating to the people closest to him.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Mystery, identity, isolation, ambition
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Henry Mylne
Genres
Drama
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Henry Mylne
    Written by
    Leon van Nierop
    Starring
    Babs Larker, Selma Van Der Vyver, Gavin Van Den Berg, Karin Retief, Shareen Swart, Marie Pentz, Anneline Kriel
    Length
    1 seasons, 1 episodes
    Network
    SABC 2
    Country
    South Africa
    Languages
    Afrikaans

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