The hidden world
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The hidden world |
| Original title | The World Unseen |
| Country of production | Great Britain , South Africa |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shamim Sarif |
| script | Shamim Sarif |
| production | Hanan Kattan |
| music | Richard Blackford |
| camera | Michael Downie |
| cut | David Martin |
| occupation | |
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The hidden world (Original title: The World Unseen ) is a British - South African drama from 2007 . Directed by Shamim Sarif , who also wrote the script based on her own novel.
action
The action takes place in South Africa at the beginning of the 1950s, during the apartheid period . Miriam is from India , is married and has children. The café owner Amina ignores racial segregation on many occasions. The two women enter into a relationship that has caused problems with the authorities and with Miriam's neighbors.
Reviews
Danielle Riendeau wrote on AfterEllen on January 29, 2008 that the film benefited from the currently rare authorship of the director, screenwriter and author of the novel. She highly praised the performances of the leading actresses as well as those of David Dennis. Ray brings wonderful strength and suppressed power of character into the embodied figure . Sheth's Amina is amazingly elated and you can like her. The amazing camera work shows the beauty of the South African landscapes. There are some parallels to the film Green Tomatoes , whose plot is also set in a café and where intolerance is discussed.
The lexicon of the international film said: “The mixture of love and apartheid drama is stuck in the middle, because wooden characters and an artificial staging do not allow any sympathy. Only the subplot about an older, multiracial pair of lovers develops emotional persuasiveness. "
Awards
Shamim Sarif won a Phoenix Film Festival Award and the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award in 2008 . In the competition of the international gay and lesbian film festival Enchanted 2008 she received second place.
backgrounds
The world premiere took place on September 9, 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by numerous other film festivals, including The Times bfi London Film Festival on October 23, 2007. On November 7, 2008, the film will be released in selected cinemas in the USA ; the release in German cinemas was planned for January 8, 2009.
On March 27, 2009, The Hidden World was released in Germany on DVD ( OmU ).
Web links
- The hidden world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The hidden world at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the AllMovie Guide , accessed October 31, 2008
- ^ Film review by Danielle Riendeau ( Memento of May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 31, 2008
- ↑ The hidden world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Release dates for The World Unseen , accessed October 31, 2008