A grieving baker, a poisoned dog, and a sex worker walk into a bar — no punchline, just chaos.
Bennie, a baker, is finding life hard after his wife's passing. At one moment, he mistakenly poisons Brandi, his dog, with alcohol after a night of drinking. After rushing her to the vet, it was suggested that he hires a dog sitter for assistance. Lesinda is a dog sitter by day and a sex worker by night. She bonds well with Bennie and Brandi and ends up being in bed with Bennie who then flares up after Lesinda discloses her other occupation. He desperately tries to get back in contact with her, but she ignores his calls. He manages to set up a meeting with her, under false pretenses, but she rejects him again. He sticks around and saves her from a business meeting gone wrong and eventually ends up being in business with her.
Acting
Lötter's raw, unvarnished grief carries every scene
Writing
Refuses easy redemption for messy, real people
Direction
Guy lets silences sting longer than dialogue
Director
Mila Guy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Afrikaans cinema rarely tackles working-class romance this explicitly; Guy's film sparked debate about representation in South African indie film.
The dog poisoning scene was reportedly shot in one take with a local vet consulting — the panic is real because Lötter didn't know if the dog actor would cooperate.
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