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The Wooden Camera (2003)

92 min  -  Family   -  28 July 2004 (France)
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A township near Cape Town. Two young teens, Madiba and Sipho, find a gun and a camera. Sipho takes the gun, and Madiba the camera, sealing their fate.

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Cast

Cast overview:
Junior Singo Junior Singo ...
Madiba
Dana de Agrella Dana de Agrella ...
Estelle
Innocent Msimango Innocent Msimango ...
Sipho
Lisa Petersen Lisa Petersen ...
Louise
Nicholas Jara Nicholas Jara ...
Benny
Lynita Crofford Lynita Crofford ...
TV Reporter
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni Nomhlé Nkyonyeni ...
Servant (as Nomhle Nkonyeni)
Thembi Mtshali Thembi Mtshali ...
Madiba's Mother
Jean-Pierre Cassel ...
Mr. Shawn
Fats Bookholane Fats Bookholane ...
Madiba's Father
Bo Petersen Bo Petersen ...
Estelle's Mother
Andre Jacobs ...
Estelle's Father
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Kayelitsha, South-Africa, today. 2003 A township, close to Cape-town, after the end of Apartheid. Two kids, 14, Madiba and Sipho play along the railway. A train passes by. A dead man rolls to their feet. On him, they find a gun and a video camera. Sipho takes the gun and Madiba the camera. Their destiny is sealed. Benny, their friend makes a wooden camera and Madiba hides the video inside, in order to avoid embarrassing questions, racketing etc. He starts filming the township and its inhabitants. He discovers the strange beauty of his life's setting. Sipho, the boss, brings his friends to Cape-town, the white city, so close, so far, so exotic to the eyes of the children. While Sipho forms a gang with the street children and makes all kinds of illicit trading, Madiba films the town, its huge buildings, its business life, and its luxury. In a bookstore, he films a young white girl, stealing a book... Written by Olivier Delahaye  

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France | UK | South Africa

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English

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