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Director:Luruli, Ntshavheni Wa, Cassel, Jean-Pierre, Singo, Junior
Studio:ODELION
Writer:Peter Speyer, Yves Buclet
Rating:7.0 (374 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:807839001563
Awards:3 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:English films
IMDb:0402590
Duration:1:30:00
Languages:English
Subtitles:No subtitles
LAC code:300001141
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Luruli, Ntshavheni Wa, Cassel, Jean-Pierre, Singo, Junior  ...  (Director)
Peter Speyer, Yves Buclet  ...  (Writer)
 
Junior Singo  ...  Madiba
Dana de Agrella  ...  Estelle
Innocent Msimango  ...  Sipho
Lisa Petersen  ...  Louise
Nicholas Jara  ...  Benny
Lynita Crofford  ...  TV Reporter
NomhlĂ© Nkyonyeni  ...  Servant
Thembi Mtshali  ...  Madiba's Mother
Jean-Pierre Cassel  ...  Mr. Shawn
Fats Bookholane  ...  Madiba's Father
Bo Petersen  ...  Estelle's Mother
Andre Jacobs  ...  Estelle's Father
Comments: DEN 214

Summary: Two thirteen year old boys play along the railway line in Kayelitsha, a township close to Capetown. A dead man is tossed from a passing train, clutching an attach case. Inside, the boys discover a gun and a video camera. Sipho takes the gun, Madiba takes the camera. Madiba hides the camera within a makeshift wooden box to avoid losing his new toy. Through the lens, his everyday surroundings take on a strange new beauty. Sipho becomes a gang leader, operating out of Capetown, accompanied by Madiba who is more interested in filming luxurious city life than crime. Madiba films a young white girl, Estelle, stealing a book from a bookstore, which she gives him as she leaves.