A ferociously powerful, yet subtle and complex performance from Deon Lotz is at the centre of this South African-set movie. He plays François, a middle-aged white Afrikaaner family man. François has a secret passion that he regularly indulges with like-minded white guys, but which brings him to a terrible crisis. I have some misgivings about the ending of this film, which is of a recognisable arthouse type, but its power and intensity, and the way Hermanus controls the movie's emotional weather, are impressive. Lotz gives the story a tragic dimension.