You must be Joking Too

Hot on the heels of You Must Be Joking comes more candid camera fun from the man whose name is synonymous with laughter in South African films. This time, Leon Schuster plays a filmmaker who is making a candid camera movie, only to discover that another filmmaker has stolen his ideas and is making the identical picture. How so? It seems that the thieving rival is blackmailing Schuster’s girlfriend. With the help of his friends and an ingenious talking cap that he designed himself, the good director manages to outwit the baddie, get the girl and make the country laugh. Read more

You Must Be Joking

Leon Schuster foxes everyone in this hilarious look at South African life. He established his reputation for disguise and setting up hilarious situations for candid camera-like moments with You Must Be Joking. The first of a string of South African top-grossing movies devised by Schuster, it features hidden cameras capturing the spontaneous reactions of an unsuspecting public to unusual circumstances. While the featured scenarios are unlikely to occur in real life, unwary victims are caught out time and again on camera. Read more