Semi-Soeter (2025)

Directed by

Joshua Rous

Genre

romance, comedy

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A career-focused woman and her husband enjoy a child-free life. They pretend to be parents to a baby boy in order to secure a business deal.

lightheartedromanticcomedicupbeatcharmingwhimsicalfeel-goodplayful

What happens

Semi-Soeter is a 2025 Afrikaans-language romantic comedy directed by Joshua Rous and sequel to the 2012 film, Semi-Soet. It stars Anel Alexander as a driven career-woman and Nico Panagio as her husband and businessman. Their idyllic child-free lifestyle is upended when they have to take on the role of pretend parents to a baby boy to land a business deal. The film was released on Netflix on 20 June 2025. The film is dedicated to the late James Alexander, producer of Semi-Soet and husband of Anel Alexander. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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