Summary Beginning of the journey near CapetowN. in a suburban train a preacher is telling the Good Word: some passengers are listening to him and smiling.Then Philippe goes to the Cape of Good Hope and tells about the story of Capetown as stopover for the boats going from Europe to Asia.Then Philippe takes the ROVOS, a luxury train which goes from Capetown to Tanzania (14 days): wooden wagons, dining car (the men must wear ties for the supper), beautiful landscapes.Philippe leaves the train at Kimberley.He goes now to a sacred place: a system of caves where people communicate with their ancestors: he meets Patricia who will become a sangoma (healer). At Johannesburg in the railway station a lesbian soccer team; the girls are singing and dancing as a way of training and they go to a match.Then Philippe takes the Shosholoza train to Klersdorp: young passengers are speaking about the new freedom in their country (in the time of the apartheid they could not travel with white persons in the same wagon)..Near Klersdorp Philippe meets Johnny and Claudia who have a rhinoceros farm where they protect these animals (danger of poaching) and breed them for repopulate other protected areas.At Colesberg Philippe visits a special sanitary train : 18 wagons, 19 doctors and 35 students of medicine give health cares for disadvantaged people:a retired railwayman has come and will receive his first glasses.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Philippe Gougler Tommy Lee
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 31, 2013
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : France 5 Official Facebook
Language : French
Production companies : Step by Step
Summary Beginning of the journey near CapetowN. in a suburban train a preacher is telling the Good Word: some passengers are listening to him and smiling.Then Philippe goes to the Cape of Good Hope and tells about the story of Capetown as stopover for the boats going from Europe to Asia.Then Philippe takes the ROVOS, a luxury train which goes from Capetown to Tanzania (14 days): wooden wagons, dining car (the men must wear ties for the supper), beautiful landscapes.Philippe leaves the train at Kimberley.He goes now to a sacred place: a system of caves where people communicate with their ancestors: he meets Patricia who will become a sangoma (healer). At Johannesburg in the railway station a lesbian soccer team; the girls are singing and dancing as a way of training and they go to a match.Then Philippe takes the Shosholoza train to Klersdorp: young passengers are speaking about the new freedom in their country (in the time of the apartheid they could not travel with white persons in the same wagon)..Near Klersdorp Philippe meets Johnny and Claudia who have a rhinoceros farm where they protect these animals (danger of poaching) and breed them for repopulate other protected areas.At Colesberg Philippe visits a special sanitary train : 18 wagons, 19 doctors and 35 students of medicine give health cares for disadvantaged people:a retired railwayman has come and will receive his first glasses.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 31, 2013
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : France 5 Official Facebook
Language : French
Production companies : Step by Step
