Call Me Thief

2016 film

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)

Running time

140 minutesCountrySouth AfricaLanguageAfrikaansBox office$236,923^[1]

Call Me Thief (Afrikaans: Noem My Skollie) is a 2016 South African crime film directed by Daryne Joshua. It was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[2] It is based on the life of the film's writer, John W. Fredericks.^[3]

Cast

Dann-Jacques Mouton as Abraham 'AB' Lonzi
Christian Bennett as Tyrone 'Gif' Felix
Gantane Kusch as Richard 'Gimba' Carelse
Gershwin Mias as Martin 'Shorty' Jacobs
Sandi Schultz as Kettie Lonzi, AB's mother
Charlton George as Phillip Lonzi, AB's father
Tarryn Wyngaard as Jenny; AB's love interest
Lauren Joseph as Gloria Lonzi; AB's younger sister
Simone Biscombe as Frances Lonzi; AB's older sister
Denise Newman as Mrs. Lubbe; the Lonzis' next door neighbor
Abduragman Adams as Mr. Carelse; Gimba's father, leader of the 26's gang
Jill Levenberg as Celia; Gif's aunt
Louw Venter as Officer Koegedam

References

^ "Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ "'Call Me Thief' Is South Africa's 2017 Foreign Language Film Academy Award Submission". Shadow and Act. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ Dercksen, Daniel (28 August 2016). "From Real Life To Reel Life: Noem My Skollie – the true story of a young man in 1960s Cape Town who became a storyteller in jail". The Writing Studio. Retrieved 16 June 2021.