The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week

2016 is finally beginning to wind down, which means more and more people get to escape to spend the holidays with their families.

That also means it’s the perfect time to escape to the silver screen.

Check out the biggest movie releases in South Africa this week below:

The Edge of Seventeen

Age restriction: 13 LS

Run time: 105 minutes

Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner

Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig

Synopsis:

Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) and Krista (Hayley Lu Richardson) are inseparable best friends attempting to navigate high school together…until Nadine discovers her older brother and Krista have been secretly dating behind her back. They soon realize that there is a fine line between best friends and worst enemies.

Equity

Age restriction: TBA

Run time: 100 minutes

Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas

Directed by: Meera Menon

Synopsis:

Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption.

Fallen

Age restriction: PG 13

Run time: 92 min

Starring: Lola Kirke, Addison Timlin, Joely Richardson

Directed by: Scott Hicks

Synopsis:

A young girl finds herself in a reform school after therapy since she was blamed for the death of a young boy.

At the school she finds herself drawn to a fellow student, unaware that he is an angel, and has loved her for thousands of years.

Robinson Crusoe

Age restriction: PG V

Run time: 91 min

Starring: Ilka Bessin, Dieter Hallervorden, Matthias Schweighöfe

Directed by: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen

Synopsis:

Robinson Crusoe is stranded on a picturesque tropical isle in the midst of a furious storm, and he meets a cast of crazy creatures, changing all of their lives forever.

No matter their differences, the castaway human and quirky animals embark on a hilarious new adventure, building the island’s first treehouse, and surviving together.

Inferno

Age restriction: 13 V

Run time: 121 min

Starring: Tom Hanks Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Directed by: Ron Howard

Synopsis:

Robert Langdon, the famous symbologist, is on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brook, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories.

A United Kingdom

Age restriction: PG 10-12 P

Run time: 111 min

Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike Jack Lowden, Tom Felton

Directed by: Amma Asante

Synopsis:

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the king of Bechuanaland (Modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948, in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments