Story Line
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
“Where's there's love there's hope”
Top Cast

Frank Rautenbach
Angus Buchan

Jeanne Neilson
Jill Buchan

Hamilton Dlamini
Simeon

Sean Cameron Michael
Fergus Buchan
Rochelle Buchan
Tom Miles
18 month old Fergie
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Rating
7.4/ 10
Release Date
2006-10-27
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (2)

Wuchak
6/10
•3/20/2018Mundane South African biography about a struggling farmer who turns to God.
RELEASED IN 2006 and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, "Faith like Potatoes" is a drama based on the life of Angus Buchan in the late 70s who moved his family from the po...
JPRetana
No rating•6/21/2026
Faith Like Potatoes (2006) is two hours of cognitive dissonance. The plot follows Angus Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) a Scotsman who fancies himself a “white African.” Looks like we’ve got ourselves a reverse Idi Amin.
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