Set in the 1880s, the story opens when Johan de Villiers inherits the family farm and asks for childhood sweetheart Sarie Marais’s hand in marriage. Sarie’s uncle Oom Hendrik advises against it.

Forbidden love is haunting Onderplaas. Elize, the daughter of the bywoner (tenant farmer), has fallen in love with Francois, the son of the wealthy estate owner. They elope and marry but are forced by his parents to divorce.

Diamond detective Sergeant Louw is given the difficult task of pursuing Reg Regallo a nightclub owner and diamond smuggler.

Paroled pickpocket Charly Logan arrives in the Namibian coastal town of Angra Pequena where he very soon finds himself being hunted down for a murder he didn't commit.

Daan and his brother, Dingetjie, travel to Cape Town in search of Doctor McDonald to cure Dingetjie's shy nature. They encounter a conman who introduces them to a phony clairvoyant who promises to heal Dingetjie spiritually.

After a murder is committed in their mansion, eight women suspect each other of the crime.

South African Film