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Shamim Sarif (novel)
Shamim Sarif (screenplay)
Release Date:
15 January 2009 (Germany) more
Plot:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era. | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
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(26 articles)
"The love scenes are sensuous but reflective of the love between these two women" - Shamim Sarif
(From Bollyspice. 29 September 2009, 3:30 PM, PDT)
"Whether it's been the number of men that I've done love scenes with in my career to women, they're all the same" - Sheetal Sheth
(From Bollyspice. 29 September 2009, 3:15 PM, PDT)
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A different view of South Africa and Apartheid more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lisa Ray | ... | Miriam |
 | Sheetal Sheth | ... | Amina Harjan |
 | Parvin Dabas | ... | Omar |
 | Nandana Sen | ... | Rehmat |
 | David Dennis | ... | Jacob |
| Grethe Fox | ... | Madeleine |
 | Colin Moss | ... | De Witt |
| Natalie Becker | ... | Farah |
| Rajesh Gopie | ... | Sadru |
 | Bernard White | ... | Mr. Harjan |
| Avantika Akerkar | ... | Mrs. Harjan |
 | Amber Rose Revah | ... | Begum |
| Leonie Casanova | ... | Doris |
 | Roderick Priestley | ... | Stewart |
| Ethan Sarif-Kattan | ... | Sam |
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and violence.
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South Africa:94 min
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According to director Shamim Sarif when this film was sent for consideration to a film festival in Dubai, the DVD was mailed back to them with a note, which simply stated "the subject matter does not exist". more
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free more
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I had the good fortune of seeing this magnificent film at the Toronto International Film Festival. Once a year, sometimes twice I see a film that makes my three movie a week habit all worthwhile, something that is so honest and pure that it's like watching a little piece of Heaven come to life on the screen in front of you. The World Unseen was that for me. I don't want to give anything away. I'll simply say that Writer/Director Shamim Sarif works from her heart and her soul delivering a movie that obviously meant the world to her. Lisa Ray, so wonderful in Water, had me in the palm of her hand, pencil her in as an actress to watch in the future. And Sheetal Sheth was a revelation.
Set in the Indian community of Cape Town during Apartheid, The World Unseen looks through the politics, around the issues and shows us the world that is the lives and loves of two young woman, one very traditional, one anything but.