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141 Ratings

THE ABYSS BOYS

Directed by Jan-Hendrik Beetge, Joshua H. Walker
South Africa, 2009
Short, Drama
  • 2626 minutes

Synopsis

In the slums of a small South African fishing community, illegal abalone poaching has become a dangerous life that Jimmy, a legendary ex-diver, must escape from. Also wanting to save his young brother from a gangster’s bad influence, Jimmy devises a plan to give them a new life.

Synopsis

In the slums of a small South African fishing community, illegal abalone poaching has become a dangerous life that Jimmy, a legendary ex-diver, must escape from. Also wanting to save his young brother from a gangster’s bad influence, Jimmy devises a plan to give them a new life.