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A young boy from Johannesburg arrives in KwaZulu-Natal and begins to read letters for villages - then falls in love with one of the recipients.
Life is difficult for Siyabonga, a city boy who has just moved to a village. He finds his happiness again when his grandmother gives him letters to read for the illiterate villagers. He happily reads letters until he has to read a break up letter to a beautiful woman. Siyabonga decides to save the woman from heartbreak.
The film tells the story of Siyabonga, a 12-year-old boy from Johannesburg who is sent to a village in Kwazulu-Natal to live with his grandmother while his parents are sorting out their marital problems. As a city boy who is not accustomed to doing household chores, Siyabonga struggles to adapt. He discovers the power of words as he reads letters that put a smile on people's faces, until one day, a letter with bad news lands in his hands. A letter addressed to Nobuhle - a beautiful 25- year old wife of a migrant worker living in Johannesburg. He takes one look at this beautiful woman and falls in love with her. As Nobuhle waits anxiously to hear the words of a long-awaited letter Siyabonga realizes that the letter outlines the end of Nobuhle's marriage… he can't bring himself to break her heart, so in that instant, Siyabonga decides that Nobuhle deserves better.
A film by Sibusiso KHUZWAYO
South Africa, 2019, Short narrative, 29min | Drama, Zulu
With Andile Gumbi, Bahle Mashinini, Nokuthula Mazibuko, Nomalanga Shabane.
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