Skin - cry for justice
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Skin - cry for justice |
| Original title | skin |
| Country of production | United Kingdom , South Africa |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anthony Fabian |
| script |
Helen Crawley , Anthony Fabian, Jessie Keyt , Helena Kriel |
| production | Anthony Fabian, Genevieve Hofmeyr , Margaret Matheson |
| music | Helene Muddiman |
| camera |
Dewald Aukema , Jonathan Partridge |
| cut | St. John O'Rorke |
| occupation | |
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Skin - Scream for Justice (alternative title: In black skin - A true story, also: Skin - In black skin, original title: Skin ) is a biographical film drama about Sandra Laing , a South African woman who came from Boer parents, but because of her genetic makeup the parents look like a " colored " and have to struggle for their identity during the apartheid period in South Africa .
action
The film accompanies the protagonist from a relatively carefree childhood in the 1960s until the end of apartheid.
With her enrollment and the rejection by the teachers and the parents of classmates, the struggle of her stubborn father for the status of his daughter as a white begins . The father, a rural shopkeeper, lives out a racism that is completely natural to him in dealing with others, but wants at all costs that all his children are accepted as whites, and ultimately enforces this formally through all instances. However, when he tries to promote Sandra's connection with Boer marriage candidates, her identity crisis escalates as she becomes abundantly aware that she will never be accepted as a "full" white woman.
She finally falls secretly in love with a black man and is expecting a child from him. In doing so, she leads the father's struggle for her status ad absurdum, which the father could not get over for decades. Sandra breaks up with her family and there is bitterness between her parents because her mother loves her unconditionally, but her father prevents any further contact.
Living together with her husband is a crime according to the laws of apartheid and her voluntary classification as black, which would be a prerequisite for marriage, fails due to bureaucratic hurdles.
In life with her husband's black relatives, despite the most difficult circumstances, she seems to find temporary family happiness and security. But the ongoing injustice and violence of the white upper class wears down her husband, who, like her father, sinks into bitterness and becomes violent.
She fled to Johannesburg with her children and worked for herself and her children as blacks to lead a modest, dignified life. She is always looking for her mother, but reconciliation will only be possible after her father's death and the end of apartheid.
Reviews
In his 2009 review in the British daily The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw regards the film as an intelligent drama and praises the acting performances of Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige (“This quietly intelligent drama, based on a true story, finds a new way of dramatising race, class and society in apartheid-era South Africa, and it boasts fine performances by Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige ”).
Robert McKay, on the other hand, wrote in his 2010 criticism in the Johannesburg edition of the Sunday Times that the film depicts apartheid from a refreshingly personal - as opposed to a purely political - point of view, but criticizes that the film does not really go deep enough to contribute to a further understanding of the split identity in multiracial South Africa ("It's a refreshingly personal - as opposed to purely political - perspective on apartheid, but the film doesn't really dig deep enough to add anything to our understanding of the splintered identity of multiracial SA. "). From his point of view, Sophie Okonedo’s performance is not authentic enough; however, he praises the acting performance of Alice Krige and Tony Kgoroge.
synchronization
The German dubbing was carried out by Interopa Film in Berlin , directed by Christoph Cierpka .
| actor | Dubbing voice | role |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Okonedo | Dela Gakpo | Sandra Laing |
| Sam Neill | Wolfgang Condrus | Abraham Laing |
| Khalem Willet | Minh Tan Phan | Adriaan Laing |
| Morne Visser | Klaus-Peter Grap | Dr. Sparks |
| Lauren Das Neves | Paulina-Sara Ociepka | Elize |
| Terri Ann Eckstein | Stella Hilb | Elsie Laing (19 Years) |
| Kate-Lyn Von Meyer | Isabella-Lara Ociepka | Elsie Laing (9 years) |
| Bongani Masondo | Hannes Sell | Henry Laing (20 Years) |
| Nomhlé Nkyonyeni | Marianne Lutz | Jenny Zwane |
| Cobus Venter | Sascha Rotermund | Johann |
| Hannes Brummer | Patrick Baehr | Leon Laing |
| Nicole Holme | Andrea Solter | Miss Ludik |
| Onida Cowan | Denise Gorzelanny | Miss Van Uys |
| Faniswa Yisa | Sanam Afrashteh | Nora |
| Tony Kgoroge | Robert Glatzeder | Petrus Zwane |
| Carel Trichardt | Gerd Holtenau | Judge |
| Gordon Van Rooyen | Friedrich Georg Beckhaus | Judge Galgut |
| Ella Ramangwane | Marie Christin Morgenstern | Sandra (as a child) |
| Alice Krige | Arianne Borbach | Sannie Laing |
| Tumi Morake | Ulrike Völger | Thembi |
| Jonathan Pienaar | Oliver Stritzel | Van Niekerk |
| Danny Keogh | Ernst Meincke | Van Tonder |
Web links
- Skin - cry for justice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for In Black Skin - A True Story . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2010 (PDF; test number: 125 629 V).
- ^ Skin official website
- ↑ Skin . In: The Guardian , July 24, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ↑ Skin 'just not deep enough ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Johannesburg Sunday Times , January 21, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
- ↑ Skin - Cry for Justice. German synchronous index , accessed on April 25, 2013 .
