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U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

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

  1. Director : Mark Dornford-May
  2. Producer : Mark Dornford-May,Ross Garland
  3. Writer : Andiswa Kedama,Pauline Malefane,Mark Dornford-May
  4. Editor : Ronelle Loots
  5. Cast : Pauline Malefane,Andile Tshoni,Lungelwa Blou,Zweilungile Sidloyi,Andries Mbali,Zamile Gantana,Andiswa Kedama,Ruby Mthethwa,Noluthando Boqwana,Ross Garland

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Original TitleU-Carmen eKhayelitsha

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2005-12-22

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 02m

Production CompaniesSpier Films

Genres

  • Music
  • Drama
  • Romance

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