In this Afrikaans romcom, love is portrayed in an unusual and unconventional way. Movie is in Afrikaans with English subtitles. The South African Afrikaans film, Vir die Voëls. The only way to be free is to stay independent, because love is only Simoné Nortmann as Irma Humpel in the film Vir die voëls (For the birds)The protagonist, Irma Humpel (Simoné Nortmann), of the Afrikaans film Vir die voëls ("For the Birds") questions the Afrikaner society, South Africa's Afrikaans-speaking society. She questions the idea of how a lady should look or act by being the opposite of what is expected of a lady. She is unlike the average Afrikaner woman. Irma considers herself independent and does not know whether she would ever marry. For her, marriage means being submissive to a man. Because of her alcoholic and abusive father, the married life is not something she wishes to have.
Review of For the Birds
