U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
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...
Year: 2005
Studio: Spier Films
Director: Mark Dornford-May
Cast: Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou, Zweilungile Sidloyi, Andries Mbali, Zamile Gantana
Crew: Mark Dornford-May (Director), Ronelle Loots (Editor), Giulio Biccari (Director of Photography), Pauline Malefane (Writer), Andiswa Kedama (Writer), Craig Smith (Production Design)
Runtime: 122 minutes
Release: Dec 22, 2005
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 10 users
Popularity: 1
Country: South Africa
Language: English,
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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