Strong cast for new series 'Spoorloos: Steynhof'
A baby disappears from a farm in the Northern Cape. Two people are found dead. There is no trace of the baby or her carer. What happened that fateful night? Who was murdered and by whom? And why was the baby abducted?
From the producers that brought the action-packed series 'Lioness' to M-Net earlier this year: A third in the 'Spoorloos' series that promises to keep viewers glued to the screen and on the edge of their seats.
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A baby disappears from a farm in the Northern Cape. Two people are found dead. There is no trace of the baby or her carer. What happened that fateful night? Who was murdered and by whom? And why was the baby abducted?
Fifteen years later, her family gets the news: She was found.
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Fifteen-year-old Adri Erasmus realises that there is no record of her birth. With the help of Xander, a highly intelligent school friend, she finds out that a baby disappeared fifteen years earlier. The main suspect in the abduction is the child carer Liena April, as she also disappeared that same night. Looking for answers, Adri finds herself on a farm deep in the Northern Cape where she is welcomed with open arms, but it soon becomes apparent that not everybody wants her to find out the truth.
This is the background of the third season of 'Spoorloos' that starts in July on kykNET. The eight episodes follow the same thread as the previous seasons of 'Spoorloos', explains Ilse van Hemert, producer and script editor of the new series. Ilse’s Ochre Pictures, producers of all three of the 'Spoorloos' seasons, were also responsible for the M-Net hit series 'Lioness'.
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“All the 'Spoorloos' seasons have the same structure. It takes place on the platteland and a secret of the past is the reason for the drama happening now. In this season there is one small change in the fact that it is not a town where all the drama is taking place, but a farm, Steynhof.
“It is a story full of sadness, anguish and happiness,” says Ilse. “And it will again, like with the previous seasons, keep viewers guessing to the end as to who the villain is.”
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Actor and director Christo Davids is the head writer and director of 'Spoorloos: Steynhof'. Christo is known for his role as 'Eroll' in '7de Laan', but in the last couple of years, he started making a name as a director and playwright of award-winning stage productions such as 'Queenie-Hulle'.
“This season has the same DNA as the previous seasons, but this time land, inheritance and birthright come to play. Sometimes people do the unthinkable to get what they believe is rightfully theirs. Like the saying goes: ‘Truth will set you free'. In this case, it is not true,” he says.
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In the cast of 'Spoorloos: Steynhof' is Stiaan Smith, Jane de Wet, Brent Vermeulen, Diaan Lawrenson, Arno Marais, Eloise Clasen, Vinette Ebrahim, Ivan D. Lucas, Wayne van Rooyen, Franci Swanepoel, and Kim Cloete.
'Spoorloos: Steynhof' starts on Tuesday, 6 July at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv channel 144). There are eight episodes in the series.
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