is an ensemble romantic comedy with 8 individual, interlinked plots that unfold during the countdown to Easter in South Africa. It’s tells the tale of 8 couples – aged 10 to 70 – who go on a voyage of discovery of what love truly is – not the fairy tale version – but the comical reality of what it really takes to make it conquer in the end.

Honest, introverted

 

PAUL (33) is an “ex-minister” who three years prior had lost his wife and started working as an ESTATE AGENT.  After numerous failed attempts, he is on the verge of being dismissed and urgently needs to make a sale. It’s then, when he meets the free spirit artist

 

LISA MALAN (29) that he decides to do everything in his power to impress her. However as he starts letting go of himself, he also starts losing his heart – but the memory of his wife holds him back. Paul needs to decide whether he can give love another chance.

 

LISA MALAN is also sister to the conservative AMELIA MALAN’s (39) – who is on the brink of divorce after her husband STEFAN cheated on her. She’s an emotional wreck and Lisa suggests that she gives herself a “personal make-over”. In the meantime, Stefan is also trying to win back his wife – but his chances are slim when the “new” Amelia draws the attention of a hot young Italian stallion: ANTONIO (22) As Amelia starts experiencing the “romance of her dreams”, she also starts realizing that fighting through certain pains, is more important than superficial ideals on love.

 

MARCELLE FOURIE (29) – single mom to CHANTEL (10) – is extremely cynical about love. Especially when at her new job as the cleaner at the 5*Town Hotel, she meets the famous South African popstar: DAVE MEYER (33). In an upside-down version of “Cinderella” and after an extremely awkward encounter – with Marcelle in an Easter Bunny costume – Dave Meyer falls madly in love with her. However Marcelle – who has a daughter to think off – has a tough decision to make between romantic and motherly love.

 

At the Potch University Campus, the commitment phobic IAN (20) and JANINE (20) are dumped by their respective partners. Left alone behind on campus the old friends decide to get together to make a list of “10 things to do to get over your ex”. This list includes “switching off all viral communication”, “burning the memories” and “kissing someone else”. It’s when they get to the “kissing” part, that Janine realizes that she has always had feelings for Ian. However he will first need to overcome his commitment issues to find real love. In the meantime at the men’s hostel: rugby captain SPYS (21) and transfers flute player ARNOLD (19), tell the classic tale of undiscovered buddy love. Whilst they start out as arch enemies – pranking each other throughout Easter break – they end up declaring a “seize fire” by Easter weekend in order to aid Ian in getting his girl.

 

At the primary school the annual Easter concert rehearsals are underway, where best friends: MARCO MALAN (10) and CHANTEL FOURIE (10) are playing the leading roles. However their friendship is under serious strain when the fine line between “friend” and “girlfriend” starts to blur. Especially when the primary school kids start teasing them about their “relationship” and Chantel – ashamed and embarrassed – decides to break off the friendship. As the days to the big concert starts ticking down, they have to learn to work together again in order to make a success of the big night.

 

Then there’s FREEK (73); a grumpy racist old man, who’s taken into hospital after a severe heart attack and placed under the supervision of the brilliant, no-nonsence black nurse: GRACE (42). Convinced that she’s out to get him killed, he does everything in his power to escape, failing miserably. According to him he also has no descendants, but Grace who takes pity on him decides to do some further investigation — only to realize that his issues with race stems from his personal life and the rainbow nation family he still needs to reconcile with.

 

Throughout this every character’s story is told as they discover how love happens when they start fighting through the difficult times. Certain times of the year – especially Easter – remind us that when we fight for love, it will… through all obstacles and hurdles… conquer.