Forever Young, Forever Free

Forever Young, Forever Free (also titled e'Lollipop) is a 1975 South African drama film directed by Ashley Lazarus and starring Jose Ferrer and Karen Valentine.[1][2]

Forever Young, Forever Free
Directed byAshley Lazarus
Written byAshley Lazarus
Story byAndre Pieterse
Produced byAndre Pieterse
Starring
CinematographyArthur J. Ornitz
Edited byLionel Selwyn
Music byLee Holdridge
Production
companies
Film Trust
Milton Okun
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 24, 1975 (1975-03-24)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguagesEnglish
Afrikaans

Plot

A white orphan, Jannie, is dropped off at an orphanage run by a priest and nun in Lesotho, Southern Africa. The boy befriends another orphan, Tsepo, who is black. While playing with a tractor tyre, Jannie rolls down a cliff, severely injuring himself. During this ordeal, he has flashbacks to his parents dying. Jannie is evacuated to New York via a USAF mercy flight, to have his kidneys operated on, due to his injuries. He has permanent renal damage, requiring him to take pills for the rest of his life. The local village raises money so Father Alberto and Tsepo can go to New York. At the airport, Tsepo is mistaken for a school student and lugged onto a school bus, before escaping the school bus in Harlem. Upon meeting a Zulu-speaker, Tsepo is taken to the police and reunited with Father Alberto, before reuniting with Jannie, and exploring New York. They then go back to Lesotho.

Cast
  • José Ferrer as Father Alberto
  • Karen Valentine as Carol Anne
  • Muntu Ndebele as Tsepo
  • Norman Knox as Jannie
  • Bess Finney as Sister Marguerita
  • Simon Sabela as Rakwaba the Witchdoctor
  • Ken Gampu as Thomas Luke

Reception

Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half stars.[3]

References
  1. Vourlias, Christopher (23 July 2019). "Ashley Lazarus, Director of Apartheid-Era Cult Classic, Returns to Screen". Variety. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. Peros, Mike (2020). Jose Ferrer: Success and Survival. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496830173.page 213
  3. Maltin, Leonard; Sader, Luke; Clark, Mike (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide. Penguin. p. 478. ISBN 9780452289789. forever young forever free jose ferrer.page 478


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