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.
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Frank Rautenbach
Angus Buchan
Jeanne Neilson
Jill Buchan
Hamilton Dlamini
Simeon
Sean Cameron Michael
Fergus Buchan
Rochelle Buchan
Tom Miles
18 month old Fergie
Director
Regardt van den Bergh
Tagline
"Where's there's love there's hope"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$597,966
Production
Global Creative Studios
Wuchak
March 20, 2018
Mundane 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 political unrest of Zambia to eastern South Africa to start a maize farm. Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) and his family/employees (Jeanne Neilson and Hamilto...
JPRetana
June 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. You know who also is from Africa? Storm from the X-Men. I always thought she was more a god than a mutant. I don’t know what the extent of her powers is, but if she can control all w...
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