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A Soweto Love Story

When her three grown sons show no signs of settling down and starting their own families, a mother uses the coveted family home to entice them into doing the right thing- the first to get married before the New Year wins the home.

Director

Rolie Nikiwe

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Quizzical Pictures

Awards

4 nominations

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81675070

Sandile

Lunga Shabalala

Bongekile

Duduzile Ngcobo

Menzi

Sky

Sente

Motsoaledi Setumo

Dina

Mamodibe Ramodibe

Kelz

Didintle Khunou

Bridgette

Pastor Solomon

Lynx

Kelebogile Bokaba

Lunga

Penny

Thabo

Lemogang

Dr. Khumalo

Terrence Ngwila

Sente Dad

Sente Mom

Nomazulu Precious Ndlovu

Customer 1

Gugu

Linx Dad

Peter Moruakgomo

Linx Mom

Sibongile Dlamini

The Chef

Bohlale Masungwini

Church Lady 1

Sibongile Phakathi

Church Lady 2

Model 1

Model 2

Nkosisphile Matsebula

Wild Woman

Stacey Lee Louters

Orphan

Andile Mkhaliphi

Tembi

Tembi's Baby

Uber Drive

Mackmilian Leshumo

Sound Guy

Church Member

Date Girl 1

Date Girl 2

Kuhlekonke Zuma

Date Girl 3

Reuellyn Kelly Gopal

Respectable Date

DJ Radio Host

Tinotenda Ndudzo

Air Hostess

Lynneth Dickson

Jazz Band

Nomalanga Jazz Band

Church Choir member

Bongani Hlengwa

Church Choir member

Kgothatso Madia

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Mpendulo Mhlanga

Church Choir member

Malehlohonolo Mncube

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Simphiwe Mofutsanyane

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Katlego Phalane

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Church Choir member

Loyiso Ralarala

Church Choir member

Mmusimang Shole

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-Fantastical.
-F-U-N, fun. - A Soweto Love Story

-Fantastical. -F-U-N, fun.

-Deadly.
-Terror. - A Soweto Love Story

-Deadly. -Terror.

-As an artist, as a creative
person, a filmmaker, - A Soweto Love Story

-As an artist, as a creative person, a filmmaker,

All horror is based
on being preyed upon - A Soweto Love Story

All horror is based on being preyed upon

You're dealing
with life and death, - A Soweto Love Story

You're dealing with life and death,

-The idea of an animated doll, - A Soweto Love Story

-The idea of an animated doll,

-And there's something
so delicious - A Soweto Love Story

-And there's something so delicious

-He makes real the fantasy that
we all have when we're children, - A Soweto Love Story

-He makes real the fantasy that we all have when we're ...

-We tapped into
an inherent fear of people - A Soweto Love Story

-We tapped into an inherent fear of people

So Chucky is always the bad guy,
but we -- we also relate to him. - A Soweto Love Story

So Chucky is always the bad guy, but we -- we also relate to...

And he secretly acting out
our mischievous, - A Soweto Love Story

And he secretly acting out our mischievous,

-He has that sassy,
you know, fuck you. - A Soweto Love Story

-He has that sassy, you know, fuck you.

-The fact that Chucky is
such a full-fledged personality - A Soweto Love Story

-The fact that Chucky is such a full-fledged personality

He still goes on
to wanting to turn people - A Soweto Love Story

He still goes on to wanting to turn people

-The whole idea was to make it
so lovable and so cute - A Soweto Love Story

-The whole idea was to make it so lovable and so cute

-You know, like I'm just all
Mayberry, but deep down, - A Soweto Love Story

-You know, like I'm just all Mayberry, but deep down,

-Chucky still scares me,
to be honest. - A Soweto Love Story

-Chucky still scares me, to be honest.

-You're never going to forget
being scared - A Soweto Love Story

-You're never going to forget being scared

[Thunder rumbles] - A Soweto Love Story

[Thunder rumbles]

-People around
the world love this, - A Soweto Love Story

-People around the world love this,

-I wasn't aware of the impact
of the Chucky films - A Soweto Love Story

-I wasn't aware of the impact of the Chucky films

-There's a lot of doll movies,
a doll monster movies, - A Soweto Love Story

-There's a lot of doll movies, a doll monster movies,

-It's because Chucky is part of
our primal fear of being prey, - A Soweto Love Story

-It's because Chucky is part of our primal fear of bein...

Sensing an opportunity
for something different - A Soweto Love Story

Sensing an opportunity for something different

It would prove to
a new generation - A Soweto Love Story

It would prove to a new generation

-My original impetus
for this idea, - A Soweto Love Story

-My original impetus for this idea,

My dad worked in advertising, - A Soweto Love Story

My dad worked in advertising,

I wanted to write something,
a dark satire about - A Soweto Love Story

I wanted to write something, a dark satire about

-♪ I want to be
a Toys "R" Us kid ♪ - A Soweto Love Story

-♪ I want to be a Toys "R" Us kid ♪

But the notion that these dolls,
these goofy dolls, - A Soweto Love Story

But the notion that these dolls, these goofy dolls,

[People shouting] - A Soweto Love Story

[People shouting]

-Being a life-long horror fan, - A Soweto Love Story

-Being a life-long horror fan,

-Don wanted Madison Avenue
to be the bad guy here. - A Soweto Love Story

-Don wanted Madison Avenue to be the bad guy here.

-When I was a kid,
I remember my sisters had, - A Soweto Love Story

-When I was a kid, I remember my sisters had,

And I just thought, well,
for a horror movie, - A Soweto Love Story

And I just thought, well, for a horror movie,

It was a dark,
twisted marketing conceit - A Soweto Love Story

It was a dark, twisted marketing conceit

-In my original script, - A Soweto Love Story

-In my original script,

In my script, the doll was not
possessed by a serial killer. - A Soweto Love Story

In my script, the doll was not possessed by a serial killer.

The doll was sort of
a manifestation - A Soweto Love Story

The doll was sort of a manifestation

-Trying to figure out who's
responsible for these murders, - A Soweto Love Story

-Trying to figure out who's responsible for these murde...

-The original title
was "Batteries Not Included," - A Soweto Love Story

-The original title was "Batteries Not Included,"

I wrote that script, and it
landed on David Kirschner's desk - A Soweto Love Story

I wrote that script, and it landed on David Kirschner's...

-The other projects
that I had worked - A Soweto Love Story

-The other projects that I had worked

"Rose Petal Place,"
"An American Tail." - A Soweto Love Story

"Rose Petal Place," "An American Tail."

So my wife and I
were in London - A Soweto Love Story

So my wife and I were in London

-The idea of a doll coming to
life was something that I -- - A Soweto Love Story

-The idea of a doll coming to life was something that I --

I don't think I ever knew, like, - A Soweto Love Story

I don't think I ever knew, like,

He was very inventive
and a great storyteller. - A Soweto Love Story

He was very inventive and a great storyteller.

He had experience
in other areas of film, - A Soweto Love Story

He had experience in other areas of film,

-I was intrigued,
I thought the writing was great. - A Soweto Love Story

-I was intrigued, I thought the writing was great.

All these studios
had passed on it, - A Soweto Love Story

All these studios had passed on it,

-I thought it
was creepy and exciting. - A Soweto Love Story

-I thought it was creepy and exciting.

-And David was actually
the first meeting - A Soweto Love Story

-And David was actually the first meeting

He was excited that
there was a potential, - A Soweto Love Story

He was excited that there was a potential,

When I first met with Don,
he brought a My Buddy doll - A Soweto Love Story

When I first met with Don, he brought a My Buddy doll

And in Don's script,
Don describes Chucky... - A Soweto Love Story

And in Don's script, Don describes Chucky...

-Red hair, blue eyes,
freckles, - A Soweto Love Story

-Red hair, blue eyes, freckles,

All of that was in my script. - A Soweto Love Story

All of that was in my script.

-So I took that notion, - A Soweto Love Story

-So I took that notion,

-What happened was I did
not go out with Don's script. - A Soweto Love Story

-What happened was I did not go out with Don's script.

I took 18 pages
that I had written up - A Soweto Love Story

I took 18 pages that I had written up

Paramount,
Warner Brothers, Universal - A Soweto Love Story

Paramount, Warner Brothers, Universal

The head of United Artists, - A Soweto Love Story

The head of United Artists,

-They brought in other people
instantly, - A Soweto Love Story

-They brought in other people instantly,

-I remember a meeting
at my house - A Soweto Love Story

-I remember a meeting at my house

We were sitting around
my my breakfast table - A Soweto Love Story

We were sitting around my my breakfast table

I loved the script
for "Psycho II." - A Soweto Love Story

I loved the script for "Psycho II."

-What happened was I finished
"Fright Night" and I took - A Soweto Love Story

-What happened was I finished "Fright Night" and I...

And that's because I didn't want
to disturb the original script. - A Soweto Love Story

And that's because I didn't want to disturb the or...

-And he was just
sort of talking about - A Soweto Love Story

-And he was just sort of talking about

And the first one
was the notion - A Soweto Love Story

And the first one was the notion

You know, I felt that
it was less interesting, - A Soweto Love Story

You know, I felt that it was less interesting,

So Tom came in initially - A Soweto Love Story

So Tom came in initially

-I couldn't build a story
with a rising suspense line, - A Soweto Love Story

-I couldn't build a story with a rising suspense line,

And I left and I made... - A Soweto Love Story

And I left and I made...

I mean, there were notes
that the studio had, - A Soweto Love Story

I mean, there were notes that the studio had,

-With the script
in active development, - A Soweto Love Story

-With the script in active development,

Irvin Kershner, who directed
the second "Star Wars," - A Soweto Love Story

Irvin Kershner, who directed the second "Star Wars,&quo...

But he really was.
-In this period, - A Soweto Love Story

But he really was. -In this period,

One of them was Joseph Rubin, - A Soweto Love Story

One of them was Joseph Rubin,

-And then it came back to Tom,
and Tom came back onto it. - A Soweto Love Story

-And then it came back to Tom, and Tom came back onto it.

-I saw that
he did "Fright Night" - A Soweto Love Story

-I saw that he did "Fright Night"

I mean, it really spoke to me - A Soweto Love Story

I mean, it really spoke to me

-[Screaming] - A Soweto Love Story

"Fright Night" had come out
and it was a solid success. - A Soweto Love Story

"Fright Night" had come out and it was a solid suc...

I mean, there was Don's script,
there was John's script, - A Soweto Love Story

I mean, there was Don's script, there was John's s...

Dean Riesner was
a great Hollywood writer, - A Soweto Love Story

Dean Riesner was a great Hollywood writer,

-I totally get
why David Kirschner - A Soweto Love Story

-I totally get why David Kirschner

-I went into "Child's Play,"
which is my title. - A Soweto Love Story

-I went into "Child's Play," which is my titl...

-With a director on board, - A Soweto Love Story

-With a director on board,

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When her three grown sons show no signs of settling down and starting their own families, a mother uses the coveted family home to entice them into doing the right thing- the first to get married before the New Year wins the home.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Rolie Nikiwe

Writer: Darrel Bristow-Bovey, Zelipa Zulu

Production: Quizzical Pictures

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 4.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Feb 2024

Awards: 4 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81675070