{"id":14209,"date":"2022-02-08T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:59:00","slug":"glasshouse-sas-post-pandemic-love-triangle-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/02\/08\/glasshouse-sas-post-pandemic-love-triangle-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasshouse: SA&#8217;s Post-pandemic Love Triangle Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Critically acclaimed South African sci-fi Glasshouse is now streaming on Showmax in Africa, as well as on Sky, iTunes, Amazon, Google, Xbox and other digital platforms in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glasshouse | Showmax Movies | First on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHBHEh4s1NA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Glasshouse is set after an airborne dementia known as The Shred has left humanity roaming like lost and dangerous animals, unable to remember who they are. Confined to their airtight glasshouse, a family does what they must to survive &#8211; until the sisters are seduced by a stranger who upsets the family\u2019s rituals, unearthing a past they have tried to bury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensual and savage, this post-pandemic love triangle is the feature film directorial debut of Kelsey Egan, who co-wrote the script with associate producer Emma Lungiswa de Wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glasshouse is frequently billed as \u201cThe Beguiled for the pandemic era\u201d, but this can be misleading. \u201cBy openly courting comparisons to The Beguiled, Glasshouse distracts viewers from realising just how messed up things will get,\u201d warns Comicon.com, calling the film \u201ca folk horror movie that could become a modern classic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glasshouse had its world premiere at North America\u2019s top genre film festival, Fantasia, in Montreal, Canada in August 2021 &#8211; and also screened at Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the USA, earning multiple five-star reviews and a 90% critics\u2019 rating on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Film Threat\u2019s Lorry Kitka singled out Glasshouse as her \u201cfavourite film of the year so far\u201d; Exclaim proclaimed, \u201cKelsey Egan is a filmmaker to keep an eye on\u201d; and Pop Culture Planet included British actress Jessica Alexander (the upcoming live action remake of The Little Mermaid) in their list of the Best Performances of 2021, in good company alongside the likes of Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse2.jpg?resize=500%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse2.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse2.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander and breakout star Anja Taljaard play the sisters, Bee and Evie, opposite Hilton Pelser (the BAFTA-nominated Moffie, the upcoming remake of Dangerous Liaisons) as The Stranger. Glasshouse\u2019s stellar cast also includes film and theatre veteran Adrienne Pearce (the BAFTA-winning Troy and the Emmy-winning The Triangle); 13-year-old Naledi Award winner and Fleur du Cap nominee Kitty Harris (Matilda the Musical); and Brent Vermeulen, who was singled out by The Hollywood Reporter as \u201cone of this year&#8217;s major acting discoveries in Cannes\u201d when The Harvesters (Die Stropers) screened in Un Certain Regard in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of photography Justus de Jager (an Africa Movie Academy Award nominee for Siembamba) shot Glasshouse at The Pearson Conservatory, the last standing Victorian glasshouse in South Africa, marooned in the Eastern Cape since 1881.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse1.jpg?resize=500%2C210&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Glasshouse1.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A pandemic story filmed during Year One of the Covid-19 pandemic,\u00a0<em>Glasshouse<\/em>\u00a0is the first film in a three-picture dystopian slate Showmax has developed with Local Motion Pictures, in association with Crave Pictures, with Egan directing and Greig Buckle producing. Buckle was co-producer of the Oscar-shortlisted\u00a0<em>Life, Above All\u00a0<\/em>and line produced the #1 US box office hit\u00a0<em>Chronicle,\u00a0<\/em>among other high-profile service jobs in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream\u00a0<em>Glasshouse\u00a0<\/em>on Showmax:\u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.nylas.com\/t1\/315\/ayauq5gcow7dc8xaccktkm15g\/1\/a1f6c8da9d53663eda0e879ab5afd97fbf65dec782805076bd88ae9b8825b095\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/movie\/98m3v37m-glasshouse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critically acclaimed South African sci-fi Glasshouse is now streaming on Showmax in Africa, as well as on Sky, iTunes, Amazon, Google, Xbox and other digital platforms in the UK. Glasshouse is set after an airborne dementia known as The Shred has left humanity roaming like lost and dangerous animals, unable to remember who they are.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/02\/08\/glasshouse-sas-post-pandemic-love-triangle-film\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glasshouse: SA&#8217;s Post-pandemic Love Triangle Film<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}