Gaja Naja Rojec

In a series of short portraits the documentary tries to establish a dialog with the Christian painting The Broad and The Narrow Way, to illustrate some of the spiritual and existential challenges of the South African community of Sutherland.

Aleksander is a man with a successful career. He is on his way to take his eleven-year-old son to music school, but Jan doesn’t wait for his father where he is supposed to. Instead, he is taking a shower, still dirty from playing football.

A saleswoman hears her colleague scream as a masked robber threatens her with a knife. She calls the police and seeks help from passersby. A little later, 13-year-old Edi and his four friends watch social media videos of the robbery, while neighborhood dealer Anel arrives with weed. Teenagers are on edge; they know that Anel's mother works at the robbed store. At first, Anel is utterly unaware of what’s happening, but it doesn’t take long for his mother to call him, blaming him for the possibility that it was his friends that might have committed the robbery. Feeling unjustly treated despite his innocence, Anel is very upset and turns to drinking, which escalates into a fiery clash with Edi. In a moment of chaos, Anel stumbles and crashes to the floor. The others help him to bed. Edi remains by his side, grappling with the weight of his foolish action.