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While You Weren't Looking (2015)

The story outlines the lives of the gay and lesbian experience and relationships in a contemporary South Africa.

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Jill Levenberg ...
Yasmin
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Malefane Mosuhi ...
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Fezile Mpela ...
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Camilla Lilly Waldman ...
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WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING is an original story, set in Cape Town. The protagonists are gay and lesbian, from all walks of life, whose intertwining tales present a humourous, inventive and dramatic take on contemporary life in South Africa. It is through the eyes and experiences of a cross-section of queers - black, white and coloured, cruisy singles, married couples with children, city and township dwellers, apartheid survivors and born frees, professionals and skollies - that we see the South African contemporary landscape unfold.

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ZAR 8,000,000 (estimated)
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The movie was funded by the NLDTF (National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund) and rebated by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) See more »

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