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2005-12-222h 2m

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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...

Directors
Mark Dornford-May
Writters
Mark Dornford-May, Andiswa Kedama, Pauline Malefane
Editors
Ronelle Loots

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  1. Pauline Malefane

    Pauline Malefane

    Carmen

  2. Andile Tshoni

    Andile Tshoni

    Jongikhaya

  3. Lungelwa Blou

    Lungelwa Blou

    Nomakhaya

  4. Zweilungile Sidloyi

    Zweilungile Sidloyi

    Lulamile Nkomo

  5. Andries Mbali

    Andries Mbali

    Bra Nkomo

  6. Zamile Gantana

    Zamile Gantana

    Captain Gantana

  7. Andiswa Kedama

    Andiswa Kedama

    Amanda

  8. Ruby Mthethwa

    Ruby Mthethwa

    Pinki

  9. Noluthando Boqwana

    Noluthando Boqwana

    Manelisa

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Status
Released
Original Language
Xhosa
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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