New local romantic comedy Semi-Soet (Semi-Sweet), the first Afrikaans romcom in almost four decades, is releasing in cinemas on Friday 17 February.
Screen Africa reported last year that the film, written by Sandra Vaughn and directed by Joshua Rous, was produced by James and Anel Alexander’s Scramble Productions.
Semi-Soet stars Anel Alexander and Nico Panagio, and revolves around workaholic Jaci van Jaarsveld who will go to any lengths to protect the boutique advertising agency she works for from being bought and dismantled by a ruthless businessman known as “The Jackal’. She convinces a drop-dead gorgeous man to pose as her fiance for a weekend on a wine estate, with hilarious consequences.
The film was shot in the Cape Winelands and Johannesburg.
