Friends

Friends

In a world ripped apart, friends are all you can trust.

1994109 min6.1 / 10

A character-driven drama about three women from different backgrounds navigating friendship and identity during South Africa's apartheid collapse.

The beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa is seen through the perspectives of three female friends: Sophie, who is of English descent; Aninka, who is an Afrikaner; and Thoko, who is black.

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