Regret and redemption take center stage as Sondra, struggling actor and professional mess, faces the consequences of a lifetime of her own bad decisions
Acting
Shannon Esra walks the tightrope of unlikable and heartbreaking.
Writing
Dialogue that stings because you've definitely said worse.
Director
Samantha Nell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
South African cinema rarely centers messy, unapologetic women — Sondra feels imported from a Greta Gerwig universe but grounded in Joburg specifics.
The title's double meaning only clicks in the third act: 'do your worst' as threat versus permission to finally fail upward.
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