[REL] Vang Vir My 'n Droom AKA The Spots on My Leopard (1974)

[Night457]

Stinking Uloz liars, this is not in English as they claim but (quite reasonably) in Afrikaans!
(No incorrect information is here at FLM, I am just clarifying things.)

Imdb seems to indicate there may be an English dub but this is not it.

I have not found any subtitles in any language; if anyone finds them, please share.

Please note: play back the video in 4:3 aspect ratio.

Thank you Phuzzy! (And Andrej1984 and ghost.) Now that I have adjusted my expectations as to how well I will comprehend this, I am sure I will enjoy it.

[Phuzzy4242]

Stinking Uloz liars, this is not in English as they claim but (quite reasonably) in Afrikaans!
(No incorrect information is here at FLM, I am just clarifying things.)

Imdb seems to indicate there may be an English dub but this is not it.

I have not found any subtitles in any language; if anyone finds them, please share.

Please note: play back the video in 4:3 aspect ratio.

Thank you Phuzzy! (And Andrej1984 and ghost.) Now that I have adjusted my expectations as to how well I will comprehend this, I am sure I will enjoy it.

This is why I changed the thread title and moved the film to Unlisted - there's virtually nothing U.S. about it, including language.

[Night457]

Maybe Disney put a few dollars in it or the producers borrowed Flipper?

I don't see all that many Afrikaans-language films, so this is a refreshing change. I am just used to Uloz technical information being accurate, and at Uloz it said this had an English soundtrack. It could have said nothing instead and been accurate. I said, "Oh, with a title like that I thought I would have to look for subtitles." I do not remember what the FLM thread title was beforehand, and I usually do not notice the country anyway (!) so it was solely the uloz info that was misleading me.

[Phuzzy4242]

Stuff at Uloz is uploaded by users so there's no real standard. The thread was titled "[REQ} The Spots on My Leopard (1974)".

[Night457]

OK, it would be more fair to say that stinking anonymous Uloz uploader lied. Uloz administrators have better things to do than verify audio specifications. In all honesty, I am grateful to that stinking anonymous Uloz uploader for sharing a rare film, since that is what really counts.

I like the Afrikaans title better!

Now that I have seen it, I have an alternate interpretation:

Spoiler: Since the girl has an imaginary dolphin friend, maybe the boy's leopard is also imaginary: both children are delusional. The film is about letting go of their imaginary animal friends and cultivating real human friendships. Or not.

[popdrome]

LOL Thanks a lot Night! you go into threads here with so much passion, I really like it.

Although I'm Dutch and speak Dutch, I have watched this too and I 'can't make much cheese' (dutch proverb, lol) of the dialogues - Afrikaans is like a simplified version of Dutch but it's like they toss words into a word salad and use wrong grammar to glue it together. I was scratching my head a lot.
I wish I could've been of more help.

That doesn't mean I didn't like it! Wow, what a great find this is, and the quality is surprisingly good!

I totally agree with your interpretation! I call for your interpretation to be announced the official interpretation!

(and the girl btw is soo cute, ouch!)

=8)

[Night457]

I routinely watch and enjoy movies without subtitles where I do not understand the language, so I certainly was not going to avoid watching this one. I agree it was well worthwhile.

It's funny, I was wondering when watching it exactly how much different Dutch and Afrikaans were. I have seen a fair number of Dutch films and only a few Afrikaans; just enough that I could hear the similarities but not enough (sorry to say) to tell them apart. Thank you for confirming that indeed they are different, and I just need to watch more films to train my ears!

I don't know if I can stand the responsibility of my interpretation being adopted as Official!

[ghost]

English subtitles has been posted at blizzardkid.net

[Night457]