

The Harvesters
South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
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- Language
- Afrikaans
- adoption
- coming of age
- afrikaans
- religion
- prostitution
- recovering addict
- lgbt
- cannes
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South Africa, France, Poland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNRfrom Altered Innocence13 Sept 2019
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival14 May 2018
- Theatrical20 Feb 2019
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT1613 Jul 2018
South AfricaZA
- Theatrical23 Aug 2018
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The Harvesters was released on 23 August 2018.
Audience reviews
1- K1/10
kinrich30
8/30/2026
This was kind of a waste of time and the movie was too long for the story it told. It is about an ultra-religious farming family whose son is probably secretly gay, although never stated as such, it is hinted at. Somehow (never clearly explained) they take in a troubled teen who also works the streets for gay clients. The movie really goes nowhere. The main star is the son and near the end of the movie he just runs a…
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