What You Sow
1979, Afrikaans. Directed by Tim Spring.
A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Afrikaans
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Tim SpringDirector
- Regardt van den BerghDr. Fritz Krynauw
- Janet Du PlessisDina MacDonald
- Cornelis EsterhuyseHerman MacDonald
- Willie EsterhuizenChristiaan MacDonald
- Flip TheronPolice Sergeant
- Johan BernardHannes Vermeulen
- Bill FlynnBobby Griesel
- Hetty van OordMimi Coetzee
- Elize CawoodMiss van Dyk
- James BorthwickMinister
- Barry TrengroveLawyer
- Lourens SwanepoelAdvocate
Details
- Released
- 29 August 1979
- Original title
- Wat Jy Saai
- Country
- South Africa
- Written by
- Jan Scholtz
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How long is What You Sow?
What You Sow runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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Which OTT platform is What You Sow on?
What You Sow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 August 1979. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like What You Sow?
If you liked What You Sow, try Kisses, Skin, Imperial Dreams.
Who directed What You Sow?
What You Sow (1979) was directed by Tim Spring and stars Regardt van den Bergh, Janet Du Plessis, Cornelis Esterhuyse.