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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...
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Mark Dornford-May profile
Mark Dornford-May

Director

Cast

Pauline Malefane profile
Pauline Malefane

Carmen

Andile Tshoni profile
Andile Tshoni

Jongikhaya

Lungelwa Blou profile
Lungelwa Blou

Nomakhaya

Zweilungile Sidloyi profile
Zweilungile Sidloyi

Lulamile Nkomo

Andries Mbali profile
Andries Mbali

Bra Nkomo

Zamile Gantana profile
Zamile Gantana

Captain Gantana

Andiswa Kedama profile
Andiswa Kedama

Amanda

Ruby Mthethwa profile
Ruby Mthethwa

Pinki

Noluthando Boqwana profile
Noluthando Boqwana

Manelisa

Ross Garland profile
Ross Garland

Policeman

Pauline Malefane profile
Pauline Malefane

Carmen

Andile Tshoni profile
Andile Tshoni

Jongikhaya

Lungelwa Blou profile
Lungelwa Blou

Nomakhaya

Zweilungile Sidloyi profile
Zweilungile Sidloyi

Lulamile Nkomo

Andries Mbali profile
Andries Mbali

Bra Nkomo

Zamile Gantana profile
Zamile Gantana

Captain Gantana

Andiswa Kedama profile
Andiswa Kedama

Amanda

Ruby Mthethwa profile
Ruby Mthethwa

Pinki

Noluthando Boqwana profile
Noluthando Boqwana

Manelisa

Ross Garland profile
Ross Garland

Policeman

Extra

Release Date

December 22, 2005

Original Language

Xhosa, English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Spier Films logo

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