U-Carmen
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | U-Carmen (Carmen in Khayelitsha) |
| Original title | U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha |
| Country of production | South Africa |
| original language | Xhosa |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Dornford-May |
| script | Mark Dornford-May Pauline Malefane Andiswa Kedama |
| production | Ross Garland |
| music | Georges Bizet |
| camera | Giulio Biccari |
| cut | Ronelle Loots |
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U-Carmen is the feature film debut of the British theater and opera director Mark Dornford-May, who lives in South Africa .
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The film is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet , which he is relocating in the township of Khayelitsha near Cape Town in South Africa. People speak and sing in IsiXhosa , one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. Bizet's music is complemented by traditional Xhosa chants.
The core of the cast is the acting group Dimpho Di Kopane ( "United Talents" ), founded and directed by Dornford-May , which already earned international recognition before the film.
Reviews
- Lexicon of international film : The film fascinates with the quality of the singers and the combination of opera music with South African sounds and, as a transfer of history to the township of Khayelitsha near Cape Town, opens up interesting perspectives on the "myth of Carmen". You can tell that the director and ensemble have come off the stage and that their use of cinematic narrative media is rather ignorant, which takes some of the force of the drama about passion, dependence, jealousy, humiliation and sexual emancipation. Nevertheless, the voices and the joy of playing of the actors captivate.
Awards
In February 2005, the film was surprisingly awarded the Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival .
Web links
- U-Carmen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Homepage (English)
- Trailer for the film (Real Video)
Individual evidence
- ^ U-Carmen. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 6, 2016 .