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John Trengove

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John Trengove (born March 21, 1978; Johannesburg) is a South African film director, known for The Wound (2017) and Manodrome (2023). John Trengove was born in Johannesburg in 1978. Trengove is the son of famous South African advocate, Wim Trengove. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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John Trengove Returns To Form With Apartheid-Era Family Drama

John Trengove's new film adapts Mark Behr's novel The Smell of Apples, tracking an Afrikaner army family through a child's eyes as apartheid-era denial cracks. Variety calls it his best work since The Wound.

19 Sept 20262 min