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TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING

By Akin OMOTOSO

NATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (NFVF) - as FIN

Comedy - Completed 2014

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Countries
- SOUTH AFRICA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Akin OMOTOSO
- Writer(s)
- Akin OMOTOSO, Robbie THORPE
- Cast
- Nomzamo MBATHA, Masego 'maps' MAPONYANE, Thishiwe ZIQUBU, Thomas GUMEDE, Thembi SEETE, Kagiso LEDIGA
- Producer(s)
- Robbie THORPE, Ronnie APTEKER, Akin OMOTOSO
- Synopsis
- Moratiwa now runs a second-hand bookshop in the hippest most vibrant part of the new Johannesburg, unfortunately in the glamorous world of it girls and boys books are not ‘a thing’.
  
  Tired of having a recluse as a best friend, Tashaka (Ziqubu) convinces her to party up a storm at a new club in the city; it is here that she meets South Africa’s no.1 celebrity model Nat Masilo (Maponyane) or as she nicknames him “The 45 Foot Man” on account of a huge billboard in which he features (in)conveniently situated directly opposite her bookshop.
  
  They exchange small talk and Moratiwa isn’t impressed that Nat does not read books. As she tells Tashaka: “He’s a model, what would we talk about?” Tashaka replies: “Who says you have to talk?. Against all the odds, Nat begins to court Moratiwa.
  
  Two different worlds collide in this charming, funny, romantic and very sweet film showing a side of Johannesburg that is rarely seen: The City of Gold as a City Of Love. Will they or won’t they? As Moratiwa says to Nat: “I am writing a love story.” Nat says: “Will they get together?” Moratiwa replies ‘I haven’t written the ending yet “.