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RUNTIME
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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Tell Me Sweet Something
2015 1h 30m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING tells the story of Moratiwa, an aspiring writer who owns and runs a bookstore in the heart of Johannesburg. The bookstore, like her love life, is not experiencing much success. This all changes when she meets and falls in love with the unlikeliest candidate in the world, Nat, a male model, who has never read a book in his life and is desperate to be loved for his mind not his body. Against the odds, they become romantically involved but then Sashi, Nat's now pregnant ex-girlfriend, shows up and sets off a chain of romantic complications into motion.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Thomas Gumede
Gordon
Maps Maponyane
Nat
Nomzamo Mbatha
Moratiwa
Makhaola Ndebele
Electrician
Thembi Seete
Lola
Thishiwe Ziqubu
Tshaka
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Akin Omotoso
- Writers
- Akin Omotoso, Robbie Thorpe
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Akin Omotoso directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 11 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Thomas Gumede and Maps Maponyane and Nomzamo Mbatha carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt4573706 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Akin Omotoso
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2015-09-11
