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U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005)
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1 April 2005 (Greece) morePlot:
A version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
South African 'Carmen' Wins at Berlinale(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 February 2005)
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Gorgeous more (9 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Pauline Malefane | ... | Carmen |
| Andile Tshoni | ... | Jongikhaya |
| Lungelwa Blou | ... | Nomakhaya |
| Zweilungile Sidloyi | ... | Lulamile Nkomo (as Zorro Sidloyi) |
| Andries Mbali | ... | Bra Nkomo |
| Zamile Gantana | ... | Captain Gantana |
| Andiswa Kedama | ... | Amanda |
| Ruby Mthethwa | ... | Pinki |
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| Ross Garland | ... | Policeman |
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Germany:120 min | USA:122 minCountry:
South AfricaLanguage:
XhosaColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:PGFilming Locations:
Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South AfricaFun Stuff
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This film, a remake of the opera Carmen set in a South African township and sung in Xhosa, is fantastic. Pauline Malefane was amazing in the role of Carmen. Director Dornford-May played on his experience as a theater director for some real strengths in this movie -- I liked the way he stuck to the Greek theatrical convention of bloodshed happening offstage throughout the film without shirking from the sense of violence underpinning both the original opera and this new setting. The ways in which he wove in quirkier elements from the opera Carmen were delightful (I thought: How on earth is he going to get a bullfighter in here?), and the interplay between the Carmen score and South African music was superb. I loved it.