Summary
In post-apartheid South Africa, Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her own estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’. And as Tsidi tries to heal her family, a sinister spectre begins to stir.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+29)
Critics 72Audiences 43GoodWatch 52
Tomatometer84%
Metascore59
IMDb5.2
Audience score33%
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most dramas, −17 min on the typical 109
typical 10992Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2021
September 8, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DramaHorrorLanguage
Xhosa
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
South Africa
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 more25 people
- Chumisa CosaTsidi
- NMNosipho MtebeMavis
- KJKamvalethu Jonas RaziyaWinnie
- Sanda ShanduStuart
- KKKhanyiso KenqaLuthando
- SGSizwe Ginger LubenguSiphenathi
- SSSiya SikawutiToto
- Chris GxalabaMalume Mthunzi
- Peggy TunyiswaXoliswa
- Babalwa BaartmanVoice Artist
- UBUzile BamXoliswa's Son
- JBJennifer BoraineMadam
- JdJacques de VilliersVoice Artist
- SLSteve LarterGrant
- Sindiwe MagonaVoice Artist
- AMAwonke MgushelwaSkipping Girl
- FVFrancesca Varrie MichelJogger
- MLMadosini Latozi MpahleniGrandmother's Voice
- SNSisipho NukunaSkipping Girl
- VPVerity PriceYoung Madam
- Liza ScholtzAnna
- FSFelix SeuffertBackground Artist
- MSMaya SeuffertBackground Artist
- OSOtto SeuffertBackground Artist
Directing · 1
- Jenna Cato Bass Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Production Design
Writing · 11
- Peggy Tunyiswa Writer
- Nosipho Mtebe Writer
- Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya Writer
- Chumisa Cosa Writer
- Khanyiso Kenqa Writer
- Sizwe Ginger Lubengu Writer
Production · 8
- David Bass Executive Producer
- Jason Newmark Executive Producer
- Richard Mansell Executive Producer
- Sam Frohman Executive Producer
- Salman Al-Rashid Executive Producer
- Kristina Ceyton Producer
Editing · 1
- Jacques de Villiers Editor
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