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U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)

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U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually interesting and dynamic background for the unfolding of the story, which owes part of its huge popularity to the thrilling combination of a violent gangster tale with a passionate, almost supernatural love story. As it unfolds, it explores issues of fame and wealth, the position of a strong and independently minded woman in a very masculine society and, perhaps most importantly, the incomprehensible attraction between abuser and victim. Bizet's opera, based on Prosper Merimée's novel, premiered in Paris on March 3, 1875. Set in a poor area of Seville, the story of the magnetic woman who seduces, loves, and ultimately destroys her lover and herself...

Updated May 22 2020

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2005-12-22

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Keywords:

opera murder

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Runtime: 122 mins Rating: 7.0
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Cast

Pauline Malefane
Pauline Malefane
Carmen
Andile Tshoni
Andile Tshoni
Jongikhaya
Lungelwa Blou
Lungelwa Blou
Nomakhaya
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Lulamile Nkomo
Andries Mbali
Andries Mbali
Bra Nkomo
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Policeman
Andiswa Kedama
Andiswa Kedama
Amanda
Zamile Gantana
Zamile Gantana
Captain Gantana
Pauline Malefane
Pauline Malefane
Carmen
Andile Tshoni
Andile Tshoni
Jongikhaya
Lungelwa Blou
Lungelwa Blou
Nomakhaya
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Zweilungile Sidloyi
Lulamile Nkomo
Andries Mbali
Andries Mbali
Bra Nkomo
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Policeman
Andiswa Kedama
Andiswa Kedama
Amanda
Zamile Gantana
Zamile Gantana
Captain Gantana
Ruby Mthethwa
Ruby Mthethwa
Pinki
Noluthando Boqwana
Noluthando Boqwana
Manelisa

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Crew

Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée
Novel
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Director
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Writer
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Producer
Ludovic Halévy
Ludovic Halévy
Opera
Pauline Malefane
Pauline Malefane
Writer
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Executive Producer
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Producer
Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée
Novel
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Director
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Writer
Mark Dornford-May
Mark Dornford-May
Producer
Ludovic Halévy
Ludovic Halévy
Opera
Pauline Malefane
Pauline Malefane
Writer
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Executive Producer
Ross Garland
Ross Garland
Producer
Henri Meilhac
Henri Meilhac
Opera
Andiswa Kedama
Andiswa Kedama
Writer
Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Production Design

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