Lettre d'amour zoulou (2004) User Reviews

disappointing

[jfcousin2001 · 3/10 · 25 May 2006]

The scene is set in South Africa. After the fall of the Apartheid regime. Reconciliation is what the government wants and is probably the best solution if you want two people to live together. But do the people want to reconciliate ? How do you forgive a murderer ? How can you forgive racist crimes ? This is what the film deals with… but fails according to me. How can that be ? Well, there are so many pointless scenes that I kept thinking : "so what ?" "Get a move on", and eventually, "what time is it ?". Such a waste and such a disappointment. Is there a film director out there who would like to give this interesting subject a try ?

brilliant, real, and different

[iketle · 10/10 · 29 August 2005]

The most honest movie about the legacy left by apartheid and the problems people have with the way things have turned out. The story is sadly a common one in our history, but the way the subject is handled is both new and accurate. I saw a screening in the company of a number of people who have lived through similar experiences, and the response was overwhelmingly positive, though obviously emotional. It's a much more real portrayal of the Truth and Reconcilition Commission and it's inherent problems than Red Dust, and much less influenced by foreign interests than the recent spate of movies about Africa. It's not an easy one to sit through, but well worth it.