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Forever Young, Forever Free
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Wikipedia article
'Forever Young, Forever Free' (also titled 'e'Lollipop') is a 1975 South African drama film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Jose Ferrer and Karen Valentine.page 213
Plot
A white orphan, Jannie, is dropped off at an orphanage run by a priest and nun in Lesotho, Southern Africa. The boy befriends another orphan, Tsepo, who is black. While playing with a tractor tyre, Jannie rolls down a cliff, severely injuring himself. During this ordeal, he has flashbacks to his parents dying. Jannie is evacuated to New York via a USAF mercy flight, to have his kidneys operated on, due to his injuries. He has permanent renal damage, requiring him to take pills for the rest of his life. The local village raises money so Father Alberto and Tsepo can go to New York. At the airport, Tsepo is mistaken for a school student and lugged onto a school bus, before escaping the school bus in Harlem. Upon meeting a Zulu-speaker, Tsepo is taken to the police and reunited with Father Alberto, before reuniting with Jannie, and exploring New York. They then go back to Lesotho.
Cast
*Jos Ferrer as Father Alberto
*Karen Valentine as Carol Anne
*Muntu Ndebele as Tsepo
*Norman Knox as Jannie
*Bess Finney as Sister Marguerita
*Simon Sabela as Rakwaba the Witchdoctor
*Ken Gampu as Thomas Luke
Reception
Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half stars.page 478
References
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