Isikizi

6.4 / 10 | South Africa

2016 | Drama

Isikizi ("Disgrace") is a South African, Xhosa-language television drama series that follows the tragic story of an honorable but impulsive young man who runs away from his hometown in a desperate attempt to escape a dreadful prophecy that was decreed upon his life. Inspired by the mythical Greek story of Oedipus and set in rural Eastern Cape, the leading character's journey begins when he returns from the mountains, only to overhear a dreadful prophesy that will change his destiny for the worst.