Marigolds in August is a 1980 South African drama film directed by Ross Devenish, based on the play of the same name by Athol Fugard.
[1] An examination of the 'invisibility' of blacks in South Africa caused by conditioned white indifference during Apartheid.
The film is set in and around Schoenmakerskop, an opulent whites-only seaside hamlet just outside Port Elizabeth, scriptwriter Athol Fugard's home town.
Suspicions and mistrust between the two men crop up because Daan's papers are not in order and he fears that Melton might exploit that to take his job.
The moral dilemma the film presents is acted out with tremendous power and a mixture of anguish and occasional humour.