Tess (2017)

• drama

Logline

When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.

Plot Summary

A sassy twenty-year-old prostitute on the streets of Cape Town is hooked on painkillers to dull the pain of her grim existence. Her life is turned upside-down when she falls pregnant. Despite her wry sense of humour, she is tormented by her past and starts to question her own sanity. Fragile as she is, her fighting spirit awakens as she attempts to confront her demons and seek her truth.