South African Film

Tjokkie, his mother, and sister Tiemie live together on poverty row. Tjokkie has a gift of psychic ability and is prone to terrifying trances which allow him to see the future. His mother’s husband, a layabout called Giel Swart, sponges off her war pension. Meanwhile, Tiemie is in a relationship with an aggressive biker who has built a dangerous reputation around the suburbs.

After a drunken hit-and-run, composer Fritz is released from prison and wanders the country in search of work and solace.