Tess (2016)

Directed by

Meg Rickards

Genre

drama film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a seaside South African town, a young woman tries to piece her life back together after a traumatic event. The story follows her struggles with addiction and her search for a sense of purpose.

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What happens

Tess is a 2016 South African Afrikaans-language drama based on the novel Whiplash by Tracey Farren. The film, like the novel, is set in the Capetonian seaside suburb of Muizenberg. It was directed by Meg Rickards and starred, among others, Christia Visser, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Brendon Daniels, Dann-Jacques Mouton, Quanita Adams and Lee anne Van Rooi. The screenplay was also written by Tracey Farren. It was shot by Dutch director of photography Bert Haitsma and edited by Linda Man. It was produced by Kim Williams and Paul Egan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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