| Semi-Soet | |
| Director: | Joshua Rous |
| Producer: | Anel and James Alexander |
| Screenplay: | Sandra Vaughn |
| Starring: | Robbie Wessels Lelia Etsebeth Vanessa Lee Michael Brunner Niekie van den Berg Reana Nel |
| Music: | Orangotang Music Michael Bester |
| Studio: | Scramble Productions |
| Distributor: | Nu Metro |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
Semi-Soet is an Afrikaans-language romantic comedy directed by Joshua Rous. It stars Anel Alexander and Nico Panagio and was released on 17 February 2012.[1]
Workaholic Jaci van Jaarsveld (Alexander) will do everything in her power to ensure that the advertising company she works for is not taken over by Amalgamated Media, a corporate giant run by businessman JP Basson (Panagio), who is referred to as the "Jackal" on account of his ruthless business tactics. Her only hope is to secure a valuable contract with Vrede en Lust, a Cape wine estate wanting to enter into the international market. However, the winegrower makes it clear that the person who is to market his wines must conform to the family ideals of his company, and thus be in a stable romantic relationship. Out of desperation, Jaci decides to hire a model to act as her fiancé during a meeting with the winegrower, only to have him invite her and her "fiancé" to his estate in the Cape Winelands, where she will have to compete with a rival company, led by her ex-fiancé, to secure the contract. Just as Jaci starts to feel as if she is in control of the situation, she discovers that her feigned fiancé is actually the very same "Jackal" whom she was trying to prevent from taking over the company she works for.
The film was released theatrically in South Africa on 17 February 2012.[1]
In December 2022, the film began streaming internationally on Netflix.
The film was both a critical and commercial success in South Africa.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Panagio was nominated for Best Actor at the 2013 SAFTAs for his role in the film.[6]
Semi-Soet 2, a long-anticipated sequel to the film, was filmed in 2024 and is currently in post-production, awaiting a cinematic release.[7]