‘Vir Altyd’ melts hearts and shatters records

The new Afrikaans romantic adventure film Vir Altyd not only elated audiences during its opening weekend at the box office, but also shattered records by earning.

Between its opening on the big screen on Friday and Tuesday morning it earned R4,7 million and was seen by 89 731 people.

This officially puts it in the top spot for best earnings by an Afrikaans movie in its first weekend.

Vir Altyd tells the story of Hugo (played by Ivan Botha) and Nina (portrayed by Donnalee Roberts) who grow up as best friends, but lose contact because of a tragic accident that changes both their lives forever.

Ten years later, Hugo and Nina see each other again on the eve of her wedding to Retief (Stiaan Smith). Her fairy tale dreams come to a sudden end, and she and Hugo go to Mauritius. It is during this vacation that they learn love is not about a happy ending, but the journey there instead.

Botha and Roberts also wrote and produced the film.

“We are eternally grateful for everyone’s support and wonderful positive feedback,” they said.

“As filmmakers there is no greater honour for us than having so many people share our story and that our characters make them laugh and cry. Vir Altyd is a dream on which we’ve been working tirelessly for the past two years and it is a privilege to share this adventure with you.”

Elize Cawood, Wilson Dunster, Illse Roos, Dirk Stoltz, Laré Birk, Deidre Wolhuter, Andre Jacobs, André Stolz, Sans Moonsamy, Nicky de Kock, Caylem Else and Hèléne Truter can also be seen in the movie.

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