I, like a previous reviewer, watched this film as a child and was struck by the message within the film. The two children in the central roles are fabulous, giving excellent performances, which is topped off with an equally great performance from Jose Ferrer. Its an uplifting film in parts and contains many funny incidents, which are created by the films two main protagonists. I would recommend this film to anyone with young children, as I loved this film in 1978 and even today I still have a fondness for it.Great family fun, just be sure to have hankies at the ready at the end.

It was in December of 1974 during a fuel shortage or embargo. We were driving down the Sani Pass on vapors in a VW micro bus from Lesotho into South Africa. From my memory, they didn't film in Lesotho but in the Drakenstein Mountains in South Africa. We hung out with the crew for a bit, played with the dog and its double and then bought some petrol from them and continued to the Natal Coast. We did go see the movie when it came out in Cape Town and later I saw it on TV in the States. Very different endings. It is a good little moral tale playing to decent sentiments in a country that was beginning to come to terms with the reality of apartheid only to come unstuck in 1976. The American version wasn't as effective.

Forever Young Forever Free is one of my most favorite movies. I saw it as a kid(1976), and loved it. I watched it in 2005, and I still Love it. I am saddened by all the violent movies being produced today. Family movies have gone the way of the Dinosaur.I recommend it highly. Other movies that I recommend are the "Sheriff and the Satellite Kid","Ring of Bright Water","Chitty Chitty Bang Bang","Doctor Doolittle(Rex Harrison Version)", "Secret of NIHM", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "The Dark Crystal", "My Side of the Mountain", "The Treasure of Matacombay", "Escape to Witch Mountain and Return From Witch Mountain", "The Last Unicorn", and "Fiddler on the Roof" I hope that there will be more movies like "Forever Young Forever Free " will be put on DVD. The relationship between the Blacks and the Whites in the movie was a breath of fresh air.

I saw this film about fifteen years ago and was overwhelmed by the enchanting fairytale story of a young child abandoned to the nuns and is raised by them in South Africa. He befriends a native child and they become inseparable. Add a fluffy puppy called Snowball and just allow yourself to watch. The film doesn't watch like a Disney film, the children are never precocious, when the adventures get serious, they aren't far-fetched. You see yourself doing those stupid things as a kid.One accident brings the white child to America, and the native child journeys to visit him. The disastrous results of his arrival are spell-binding to watch unfold, as well as his rescue. Then New York is all theirs.The film is so subtle, you don't realize it is Jose Ferrer and Karen Valentine in the movie. Even Bernadette Peter's song is gentle. Definitely watch this film if you are in a depressed mood. It will cheer you up. I would love to see it again, but believe it or not, I recorded Peter's song off on an audio cassette and still have it. What a charmer this film was.