‘Die Kantoor’, ‘Drops of God’ and more: 5 things to stream this week

James Borthwick as Uncle Sakkie, Lida Botha as Tannie Miems, Albert Pretorius as Flip Bosman, head of Klerksdorp’s finest purveyors of processed meats, and Ilse Oppelt as Joanne Davids. (Supplied)

If you have 1 hour

Die Kantoor – Showmax

South Africa gets its own version of the much-loved mockumentary about awkward office relationships. Starring Albert Pretorius as Flip Bosman, the head of Klerksdorp’s finest purveyors of processed meats, and featuring a starry support cast that includes Shalk Bezuidenhout, Carl Beukes, Daniah de Villiers, Gert du Plessis and Sipumziwe Lucwaba in a familiar format infused with a distinctively South African sense of humour.

If you have 1 hour

Drops of God Apple TV+

Creator Quoc Dang Tran’s very French drama about rival sommeliers bent on the acquisition of a once-in-a-lifetime wine collection returns for a second, intensely aromatic outing of twists, turns and personal vendettas.

If you have 2 hours

The Big Fake Netflix

The hedonistic underworld of 1970s Rome serves as the backdrop for this thriller about a young man with artistic talent who arrives in the city looking to make his fortune and finds it — and much more — as he becomes a world-famous art forger.

If you have 3 hours

The Beauty Disney+

Ryan Murphy executive produces this latest entry in his increasingly over-the-top, high-camp universe. Favourite collaborator Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall star as detective partners travelling the one-percent world in search of answers as to the origins of a strange and terrible virus infecting the digital-era, beauty-obsessed world.

If you have 6 hours

Steal Prime Video

Sophie Turner stars as an ordinary office worker caught up in the “heist of the century” in this high-octane thriller series.


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