Cuckold
New York African Film Festival 2016
May 4 - 10, 2016
A young professor in Johannesburg (played by the director Charlie Vundla) falls apart after his wife leaves him. He gets stuck in a drug-induced and sex-fueled depression, but is rescued from self-destruction by a mysterious old schoolmate.
The second feature by Charlie Vundla (director of How to Steal 2 Million, a selection of the 2012 New York African Film Festival), Cuckold tells the story of a young African-American professor in Johannesburg (played by Vundla) who falls apart after his wife leaves him for another man. While trying to drink himself into oblivion, he has a chance encounter with an old schoolmate who is now a homeless life coach. Together (with a little help from the drug trade), the two men prop each other up, and things soon ease back into normalcy… until the professor’s wife reappears sobbing at his doorstep. An unusual ménage à trois arrangement follows, one that seems destined to wreak havoc on the fragile state of affairs.
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