U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
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...
Directed by Mark Dornford-May · Written by Andiswa Kedama
Where to Watch
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Cast
- 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
Make it a double feature
3h 28m together
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Son of Man
Both from Mark Dornford-May.
