- Two star crossed lovers form a little village in South Africa have to battle their way to their happy ending. Think Shakespeare, but with cows.
- This TV movie was directed by outstanding director, Darrell James Roodt. He has directed films such as Sarafina! with Whoopi Goldberg. The story is like a Romeo and Juliet story, but with cows and in South Africa. Labola is a common term used in South Africa, where a man should basically "pay" the woman's family for her hand in marriage.
Happiness is a young man living in the back hills of the Drakensberg. Unfortunately his parents died when he was very young and he was denied a proper education. But he never ever let that deter him. He always believed in himself and always strived to make something of himself. His name is an apt one, because he always has a sunny disposition and always looks on the bright side of life. Happiness earns a living by driving the most rickety skorokoro you've ever seen - he's cobbled it together over the years and it's barely roadworthy. Which is fine because he never uses the main roads anyway. He plies his trade on the back roads, mostly ferrying gogos and their washing, from the top of the hill to the valley down below, where they do the daily washing in the river. It's not exactly going to make him a millionaire but it's an invaluable community service and he finds himself pretty content with his life. Until he falls in love with Rose, that is. She's a young woman of seventeen - shy, beautiful and smart. The attraction between them is instant-written in the stars, I believe is the best description!
A great story with hidden gem actors set in South Africa with a lot of flavor.
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