What are you giving your mother for Mother’s Day?
Showmax has just dropped the trailer for Mince Jou Hare, a feel-good, small-town sitcom releasing on Mondays from 20 May 2024. Set in the fictional town of Hex Valley in the Western Cape, the Showmax Original follows Frieda as she quits her factory job to set up a hair salon in her home.
Melissa de Vries (Sasha Daniels in Arendsvlei) stars as Frieda, with comedian Dugald Pieterse as her husband Vincent, Fleur du Cap nominee Bianca Flanders (Troukoors; Nêrens, Noord-Kaap) as her best friend Julia, and Franka Kirby in a breakthrough role as her daughter Jody. The cast also includes SAFTA nominee Keenan Arrison (Shirley Adams; The Riviera), African Movie Academy Award nominees Lee-Ann van Rooi (Spinners) and Euodia Samson (Arendsvlei), and Gershwin Mias (Zane Meintjies in Arensdvlei, Shaun in Magda Louw). Emile Smit (Arendsvlei) rounds out a stellar cast as their love-struck neighbour.
Spinners’ star David Isaacs (co-creator of Joe Barber and G.I.L., director of Swartwater and Sara Se Geheim) directs, with YouTube phenomenon Early B creating the theme song.
Multi-award winner Roberta Durrant produces through Penguin Films, the company behind International Emmy nominees Stokvel and Home Affairs; classic SA comedies like the Rose d’Or nominee Madam & Eve and triple SAFTA winner G.I.L.; and long-running dramas Diepe Waters, Arendsvlei, Projek Dina and Sara Se Geheim.
