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Summary
An elderly goat herder falls victim to a scam promising long-awaited reparations for her father's WWII service. Structured as a series of recurring visual 'variations', Variations on a Theme is a portrait of endurance and loss.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 74
Letterboxd · 638 ratings3.5/5
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 5 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −44 min on the typical 109
typical 10965Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
2026
May 8, 2026
This year
Genre
DramaLanguage
Afrikaans
Original language
Made in
South Africa
Netherlands
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Directing · 2
- Jason Jacobs Director, Writer, Producer
- Devon Delmar Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Production · 2
- Annemarie du Plessis Producer
- Mira Mendel Producer
Sound · 2
- Mikhaila Alyssa Smith Music
- James Olivier Sound Designer
Art · 1
- Cleveland Hopp Production Design
Other crew · 1
- Gray Kotze Cinematography
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