The most beautiful apples are usually the rotten ones. The same goes for families.
Duiwelspoort is a thrilling family drama in which one family's secrets are unearthed.Meet Antoinette Aucamp from the farm Sondagspoort. Men want her. Women want to be like her.The young people all wish they were her son or daughter.Even her own children, Alexia and De Waal, are sometimes blinded by the brilliance ofAntoinette's Boere nobility. At first glance, they seem to be a close family, joined by the tragicdeath of Ludwig, their husband and father, some 25 years ago. Family is precious and blood isthicker than water, right?However, when a freak accident reveals that there is more to Ludwig's death than his childrenpreviously thought, the cracks in this family begin to show.Alexia wants to find out what really happened. In her keen search for the truth, she discovers a lotof skeletons in the family closet. There are more questions than answers:Why is there no remains in Ludwig's grave?Why is her mother, Antoinette, so on the back foot?How did the fire at Sondagspoort start in which Ludwig died?Why did Maggie, Sondagspoort's oldest worker's son, Charlie, disappear without a trace on thesame night?Is the life insurance policy paid out to Antoinette a mere coincidence or a motive for somethingmore sinister?Did Antoinette's long-standing affair with the married Herman Slabbert have anything to do withthe events of 25 years ago?What kind of hold does Herman have on the people of the town that nobody wants to talk toAlexia?Everything that seems "perfectly healthy" at first glance is rotten from lies and shame - somethingthat Antoinette is trying to hide at all costs. She will do anything to keep her scandalous secrets,even if it means she has to take care of her own family.It's a fight between mother and daughter. A struggle between lies and the truth. In every war,however, there are a few people who die. Who and what will remain in action?The price of truth is an expensive one ...
