U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)

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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...

Director: Mark Dornford-May

Release Date: 2005-12-22
Status: Released
Run time: 122 min / 2:2
Production Company : Spier Films
Production Country: South Africa

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Casts

Pauline Malefane
Carmen
Andile Tshoni
Jongikhaya
Lungelwa Blou
Nomakhaya
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Lulamile Nkomo
Andries Mbali
Bra Nkomo
Zamile Gantana
Captain Gantana
Andiswa Kedama
Amanda
Ruby Mthethwa
Pinki
Noluthando Boqwana
Manelisa
Ross Garland
Policeman

Crew

Camera Giulio Biccari Director of Photography
Editing Ronelle Loots Editor
Writing Prosper Mérimée Novel
Directing Mark Dornford-May Director
Production Mark Dornford-May Producer
Writing Mark Dornford-May Writer
Writing Ludovic Halévy Opera
Writing Pauline Malefane Writer
Production Ross Garland Producer
Production Ross Garland Executive Producer
Writing Henri Meilhac Opera
Sound Simon Rice Sound Mixer
Writing Andiswa Kedama Writer
Art Craig Smith Production Design

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