PREVIEW: Gaia (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Monique Rockman (Number 37), Carel Nel (Shepherds and Butchers), Alex van Dyk (The Harvesters), Anthony Oseyemi (The Salvation)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jaco Bouwer (Balbesit: ‘n Studie in Stemme), director, producer; Tertius Kapp (Griekwastad), writer, producer; Jorrie van der Walt (Mooirivier), producer, cinematographer; Pierre-Henri Wicomb (Cut-Out Girls), composer; Leon Visser (The Actor), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When she is injured on a routine mission, forest ranger Gabi (Rockman) is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists, Barend (Nel) and Stefan (van Dyk). However, their initially friendly welcome is sullied by their cultish devotion to the surrounding wilderness, and soon Gabi finds herself confronting a strange being that occupies the forest…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

South Africa’s answer to Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth is a tense and terrifying creature feature which will make you think twice about the seemingly docile nature of plant life.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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