A film on late South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, whose alleged involvement in the 2000 match-fixing scandal, is to be released in South Africa this month on 24.
Produced by his brother Frans Cronje, 'Hansie' will be released in four cities initially and is also expected to have an international release later. Frans said though he did not have concrete distribution deals with anyone, he has heard of interests from India, Australia and even the US for the film.
The film is a chronicles of Cronje's fall from a widely-respected and admired cricket captain to a match-fixer.
He was banned for life after his confession in front of a commission of inquiry. It was while serving this ban, that Cronje died in a plane crash in June 2002.
"This is Hansie's story. It's about the fall of a hero and his struggle to rise above his mistakes to start anew," Frans said of the film, which is directed by renowned actor and filmmaker Regardt van den Bergh.
The film faced financial troubles right from the beginning and 'Hansie' productions in fact faced liquidation earlier this year.
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