SAFF Canada 2021

Tess (plus bonus interview with the Director and Producer)

Expired November 15, 2021 5:00 AM
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Sassy twenty-year-old Tess sells her body on Cape Town’s streets. She survives by popping painkillers by the bunch and through her wry humour. But her life turns upside down when she falls pregnant. Though Tess tries to run, her past torments her. She begins to question her own sanity. Tess fights back, fighting her demons, searching for the truth. 


Content advisory: contains scenes with course language, smoking, drug use, sexual content and violence (including trigger warnings for rape and child abuse)

  • Year
    2016
  • Runtime
    87 minutes
  • Language
    Afrikaans
  • Country
    South Africa
  • Director
    Meg Rickards
  • Screenwriter
    Tracey Farren
  • Producer
    Kim Williams, Paul Egan
  • Executive Producer
    Jan du Plessis, Ricky Human, Karen Meiring, Anneke Villet
  • Cast
    Christia Visser, Brendon Daniels, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Dann Jaques Mouton, Lee-Ann Van Rooi, Tashanay Daniels, Quanita Adams
  • Cinematographer
    Bert Haitsma
  • Editor
    Linda Man
  • Music
    Christopher Tin
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