À fleur d'eau

I loved this show. Sure the teens are older in real life but that's common in filming. The story itself was really good. I hope there is a second season but not sure how it would develop. I liked that the dubbed version used South African accents which kept it believable and non distracting. 5 stars.

So basically I couldn't buy that the young mother had that old of a daughter, so I checked the cast and they r only 10 years of a difference. However the "daughter" looks ten times older than the "mom". It made the whole series terrible to watch. The actress for the "'mom" is 40 while the "daughter" is 29 going on 30. It looked so odd and off bc I thought except for the outfit it had to be the other way around so I checked the cast.... LMAOOOOO. Ruined everything for me. They should have made them sisters and maybe even switched the roles and had the daughter as the older sister! It really did make everything that awful. Casting gets an f.

It was another hit and a huge miss for SA production. Do the director and producers not watch good TV?

The dialogue let down the majority of this story. Predictable and one-dimensional. Felt as if it was written by a robot that was taught how to "write drama", badly.

The costume design for the teenagers was something from some old 2000s Disney show. No one dresses like that!

Poor directive skills resulted in terrible acting. Thank God for Flure, the only decent character that carried everyone that had a scene with her.

Nothing original about this. Directors should take advice from the Comic Book lady.

Tuiskoms Season 1 is the kind of series that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after the credits roll. Anchored by a raw, emotionally honest performance from its lead Fleur, who returns to her hometown with her daughter after a major loss-trying to start over and find some peace. It's quiet, emotional, and really pulls you in with its honesty and beautiful setting. I found myself totally absorbed by the story and the characters. Nothing over-the-top-just real, raw, and deeply moving.

If you enjoy slow, thoughtful dramas that actually make you feel something, give this one a try. So proud to see this kind of quality South African storytelling. 💔✨

If the option is available and even if your first language is not Afrikaans do yourself a favour and still watch in Afrikaans with the subtitles on. The English dubbed dialogue was so clearly recorded in a studio with no consideration made to reflect the acoustics of the locations in which it was being spoken. As such this completely destroys any atmosphere that this otherwise rather lightweight and unengaging series might have had. Only managed one and a half episodes.