Catch a Fire (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Catch a Fire |
| Original title | Catch a Fire |
| Country of production | United States , France , United Kingdom , South Africa |
| original language | English , Afrikaans , Zulu |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| script | Shawn Slovo |
| production |
Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Anthony Minghella Robyn Slovo |
| music | Philip Miller |
| camera |
Ron Fortunato Garry Phillips |
| cut | Jill Bilcock |
| occupation | |
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Catch a Fire (alternative title: Who sows fire ... ) is an American-French-British-South African thriller directed by Phillip Noyce from 2006 . The film is based on a true story.
action
Patrick Chamusso is a worker in a South African refinery. Like all other blacks, he too suffers from the discrimination that the apartheid regime has brought with it. When the refinery is the target of an attack, Patrick Chamusso is targeted by the security service headed by Nic Vos, who suspects him as a terrorist. He is tortured and sees his best friend and colleague killed by the anti-terrorist squad. Chamusso finally finds Precious Chamusso, his wife, in a cell, who was also tortured. He is charged, but shortly afterwards acquitted because Patrick is found to be innocent.
After experiencing discrimination first hand, he can no longer turn a blind eye and decides to take action against the apartheid regime. He becomes a member of the armed branch of the African National Congress , Umkhonto we Sizwe , and turns to terrorism: After training in Maputo , the capital of Mozambique , together with many other voluntary freedom fighters, he plans another attack on the refinery. But from the moment he crosses the border into South Africa again, he is followed by Nic Vos and his people. A race to the refinery begins, which the anti-terrorist squad wins. However, Patrick does not strike where they suspected and so they cannot prevent the first of two planned blasts.
Patrick manages to escape from the cordoned off area around the refinery, but is tracked down and surrenders. Found guilty of high treason, he is taken to the prison island of Robben Island . In December 1991 Patrick was released as part of the abolition of apartheid.
Reviews
James Berardinelli praised ReelView for the "solid" rendering, direction and script. The "passionate" portrayal of Derek Luke is a type of acting for which one would be nominated for an Oscar .
"The well-intentioned, all too noncommittal story persists in timeless universality without deepening the trouble spots."
Awards
Derek Luke was nominated for the Satellite Award in 2006 and the Black Reel Award in 2007.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
background
The filming took place in South Africa , Mozambique and Swaziland . The world premiere took place on September 2, 2006 at the US Telluride Film Festival ; on September 10, 2006 the film was shown at the Toronto Film Festival . It grossed approximately $ 4.3 million in American cinemas .
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli
- ^ Catch a Fire. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Filming locations for Catch a Fire
- ↑ Start dates for Catch a Fire
- ↑ Business Data for Catch a Fire
Web links
- Catch a Fire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Catch a Fire at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Catch a Fire at Metacritic (English)