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Semi-Soet

2012 [AFRIKAANS]

Comedy / Romance

6
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 558 558

winegrowing impersonation advertising agency

Plot summary

Jaci van Jaarsveld will do everything in her power to stop the advertising company where she works to be taken over by a ruthless businessman known as 'The Jackal'. Her only hope for a big contract to save their company is a wine estate that markets wines to international markets. Easier said than done, especially if the winegrower requires the person to promote his wine to be in an established relationship. In desperation Jaci decided to hire a model pretending to be her fiance. She took the first attractive man walking through their offices send by the modeling agency. Everything seems to be going smooth with the meeting with the winegrower until he invites Jaci and her fiance to visit the winery for the weekend and to compete against their opposition for the contract. And who is the opposition? Jaci's ex-fiance, Mark Rossouw. Just when Jaci think she’s in full control she realized that her ‘fiance’, JP, is the very 'Jackal' who tried to sink their company.

Director

Joshua Rous Photo
Joshua Rous

Top cast

Nico Panagio Photo
Nico Panagio as JP Basson
Corine du Toit Photo
Corine du Toit as Denise Marais
Sandra Vaughn Photo
Sandra Vaughn as Karla Jordaan
Carine Rous Photo
Carine Rous as Susan
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1.03 GB
1280*548
Afrikaans 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 77
2.11 GB
1920*822
Afrikaans 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 56

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jhpstrydom 8 / 10

For anyone who has waited to see a good Afrikaans movie.

Finally an Afrikaans movie that does the very thing I've wanted other films to do for so long, to be more precise, past Afrikaans films had the knack for having characters with less personality than paper plates and a dialog that is so outdated their characters talk in ways that Afrikaans people haven't talked in years and they use words that are probably not even in the dictionary anymore, basically what I've been saying what Afrikaans film makers should do is develop characters and give them a personality and dialog that fit in with how people are today, of course I always get shot down by people telling me "you have to cater for older audiences as well." If that's the attitude of every film maker then he or she should stop before they start because film making can be an ungrateful business if it wants to be, its better to be ahead of the pack then to be treading in their footsteps.SEMI SOET does everything perfectly in terms of character development and dialog it is absolutely flawless in that aspect, each of the characters are so well developed you can immediately tell who's likable and who is not, the acting is probably best I've ever seen in an Afrikaans movie and even though the plot bares a little resemblance toward THE PROPOSAL and COUPLES RETREAT, a lot of the jokes and situations are very inventive and it has a certain charm to it that the other two films don't completely have.All in all, its a must see for anyone whose waited to see a good and very entertaining Afrikaans movie.Plus, if you're an aspiring Afrikaans film maker that wants to get into the business, watch 7DE LAAN on how not to develop a good story, I know its South Africa's favorite soap opera but it should actually be called a plastic cheese opera to emphasize the plastic acting and the cheesy dialog, its also a good example of what film makers are doing wrong in the Afrikaans market.
Reviewed by alexthewriter 7 / 10

Not Bad ... Not Great, But Not Bad!

Reviewed by RedRainbowUnicorn23 8 / 10

romantic comedy yay waited for this

This was a GOOD Afrikaans movie.with a GOOD Cast anal Alexander,Nico Panagio,Sandra Vuaghn en Diaan Lawrenson. This is the type of movie I was waiting for in Afrikaans and it was not cheesy at all it was just plain good comedy and you laugh through out the movie form beginning to end the intro to the movie is Hollywood standard as well as the ending good job!!!! This movie is about Jaci a workaholic who just lives for her work a mindless businessman want to take over her company and the only way she can save it is to win another contract.But in order to be able to qualify for the contract is for Jacki to be In a relationship.So she hires a. Model to play her fiancé but mistakenly take the mindless businessman for the model. You can only imagine what follows. A hilarious comedy. Loved it!!!!!
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