Movie Description
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
(2005)Overview
U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually interesting and dynamic background for the unfolding of the story, which owes part of its huge popularity to the thrilling combination of a violent gangster tale with a passionate, almost supernatural love story. As it unfolds, it explores issues of fame and wealth, the position of a strong and independently minded woman in a very masculine society and, perhaps most importantly, the incomprehensible attraction between abuser and victim. Bizet's opera, based on Prosper Merimée's novel, premiered in Paris on March 3, 1875. Set in a poor area of Seville, the story of the magnetic woman who seduces, loves, and ultimately destroys her lover and herself...
Featured Crew
- Director : Mark Dornford-May
- Producer : Mark Dornford-May,Ross Garland
- Writer : Mark Dornford-May,Andiswa Kedama,Pauline Malefane
- Editor : Ronelle Loots
- Cast : Pauline Malefane,Andile Tshoni,Lungelwa Blou,Zweilungile Sidloyi,Andries Mbali,Zamile Gantana,Andiswa Kedama,Ruby Mthethwa,Noluthando Boqwana,Ross Garland
Cast
Carmen
Jongikhaya
Nomakhaya
Lulamile Nkomo
Bra Nkomo
Captain Gantana
Amanda
Pinki
Manelisa
Policeman
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Facts
Original TitleU-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Status Released
Release Information
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2005-12-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 02m
Production CompaniesSpier Films
Genres
- Music
- Drama
- Romance
