Summaries

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.—Focus Features

Patrick Chamusso is an honest oil refinery foreman. When he is interrogated about a terrorist attack at the refinery on his shift, he produces false alibi, which worsen his condition. His jail time experience pushes him across the line, and he joins the African National Congress.—Barak BE

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalized insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • vigilantism
  • police officer
  • pay phone
  • watching tv
  • identification
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography
Release date Oct 26, 2006
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom France South Africa
Language English Portuguese Afrikaans Zulu
Filming locations Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Production companies StudioCanal Working Title Films Focus Features

Box office

Budget $14000000
Gross US & Canada $4299773
Opening weekend US & Canada $2012000
Gross worldwide $5710236

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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