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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...
Updated May 22 2020
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Cast
Andile Tshoni
Jongikhaya
Lungelwa Blou
Nomakhaya
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Lulamile Nkomo
Andries Mbali
Bra Nkomo
Ross Garland
Policeman
Andiswa Kedama
Amanda
Zamile Gantana
Captain Gantana
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Crew
Prosper Mérimée
Novel
Mark Dornford-May
Director
Mark Dornford-May
Writer
Mark Dornford-May
Producer
Ludovic Halévy
Opera
Pauline Malefane
Writer
Ross Garland
Executive Producer
Ross Garland
Producer
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