U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
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
Pauline Malefane Carmen |
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Andile Tshoni Jongikhaya |
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Lungelwa Blou Nomakhaya |
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Zweilungile Sidloyi Lulamile Nkomo |
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Andries Mbali Bra Nkomo |
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Zamile Gantana Captain Gantana |
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Andiswa Kedama Amanda |
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Ruby Mthethwa Pinki |
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Noluthando Boqwana Manelisa |
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Ross Garland Policeman |
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 |