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54% Critic Match
Sweet 'n Short
“Oh Shucks... It's the New South Africa”
5.4 / 10• 1991• 1h 29m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
A disgraced sports presenter falls victim to an accidental head trauma and slips into a coma. He awakens months later to find that South Africa was not as he left it, he is now in the New South Africa, and his multimillion-Rand idea has been stolen from beneath him.
Cast & Crew
Leon Schuster
Sweet Coetzee
Lead
Casper De Vries
George Weedle
Joanna Weinberg
Sandy
Alfred Ntombela
Alfred Short
Gerrit Schoonhoven
Savage
Ivan D. Lucas
Bossie
GE
Gordon Edwards
Doc
Rufus Swart
Longdrop Botha
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gray Hofmeyr's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sweet 'n Short is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
