A Portrait on the Search for Happiness
The story of the former diamond-diving village of Port Nolloth in South Africa
A desert bordered by sea; a landscape which hides the purest diamonds on earth beneath it. Digging with bare hands, day and night, are the young men on the frontier of a new diamond rush in South Africa. Hope beckons for recovering addicts and the homeless. Meanwhile George, a diamond diver, was once a millionaire and is still hanging on to his memories of a bygone time. A poetic journey through desert, wind and earth.
Reviews and More
A film in grandiose images and very close to its protagonists speculating poetically around human nature - as well as the power of our dreams. - Jan Sebening, Dok.Fest München
A Portrait on the Search for Happiness juxtaposes elegant cinematography and sensitive storytelling with raw truths about today’s South Africa.' - Encounters International South African Documentary Film Festival
A heart-warming journey of hope, resilience and the will of overcoming. - Zubenathi Malothana, Callsheet Africa
