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Films from the country "south africa", sorted by name
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The Harvesters (2018)
, 1h46Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Dans l'État libre en Afrique du Sud, un monde rural et conservateur d’une communauté blanche isolée dans les années 1970, le jeune fermier afrikaner Janno (Brent Vermeulen), un garçon solitaire assez réservé, doit accepter l’orphelin Pieter (Alex van Dyk) comme frère quand sa mère (Juliana Venter) l’adopte. Ces jeunes luttent pour le pouvoir, l’héritage et l’amour…
Max and Mona (2004)
, 1h39Origin South africa
Genres Comedy
Tout le village s’est cotisé pour que le rêve de Max d’être médecin devienne réalité, mais au moment du départ, la chèvre sacrée du village lui est confiée par mégarde.
My Land My Life (2003)
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
En 2000, Robert Mugabe soumet à la population une nouvelle constitution incorporant notamment une réforme agraire avec des expropriations sans compensation et surtout une amnistie permanente aux militaires et aux membres du gouvernement. Il rompt ainsi la promesse faite à 4 000 fermiers blancs, à son arrivée au pouvoir en 1990. Robert Mugabe les avait rassuré contre toute expropriation forcée et quelques milliers d'hectares avaient été redistribués pacifiquement.
Partition (2007)
, 1h56Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Neve Campbell, Irrfan Khan, John Light, Madhur Jaffrey
Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry) is a Sikh who goes off to war in the British Indian Army with his two best friends Andrew and Avtar. The three are being seen off by Andrew's sister Margaret and Walter. Gian promises to look after Andrew only to resign after Andrew is killed. Gian is tortured by the guilt of not being able to save Andrew. The young Muslim woman Naseem (Kristin Kreuk) is separated from her family in riots and unaware that her father has been killed, hides in hope that the Sikh mobs won't find her.
Passé Komatipoort (2009)
, 52minutesOrigin South africa
Genres Documentary
Passé Komatipoort retrace un voyage en Afrique du Sud initié par la découverte des archives de la commission Vérité et Réconciliation, qui écouta les victimes et les criminels de l’apartheid, et mit à disposition sur internet les transcriptions de ses auditions publiques.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
, 1h46Directed by Darrell Roodt
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles Dutton, Vusi Kunene, Leleti Khumalo
Le jeune pasteur Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) se rend à Johannesburg pour y retrouver son fils disparu. Arrivé là-bas il rencontre la misère et apprend que son fils est devenu un criminel recherché pour meurtre, et que sa sœur a été contrainte de se prostituer.
Plot for Peace (2013)
, 1h24Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
In the middle of the 80', Jean-Yves Ollivier, a French businessman working in Southern Africa, decides to use his network and the trust he inspires to the leaders of the countries, in order to help bringing peace and destroy the apartheid regime.
Sea Point Days (2008)
, 1h36Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about cities, Political films
Alongside the southernmost urban centre in Africa, separating city from ocean, lays a very special strip of land. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean on one side and Signal Hill on the other, the Sea Point Promenade – and the public swimming pools in its centre – forms a space unlike any in Cape Town. Once a bastion of Apartheid exclusivity, it is nowadays unique in its apparently easy mix of age, race, gender, religion, wealth status and sexual orientation. Somehow this space has become one where all South Africans feel they have a right to exist, and where the possibility of happiness in a divided world doesn't seem unfeasible. But what is the reality of those coming here? How do people see their past, their present in this space and their future in this country?
Shirley Adams (2009)
, 1h31Origin South africa
Genres Drama
In a Cape Town slum, Shirley Adams spends her days taking care of her disabled son Donovan, caught by a stray bullet in crossfire between two gangs. Having been left by her husband, the woman can barely make ends meet after seeing all of her possessions disappear. With no means of support, Shirley finds herself forced to survive on handouts and by occasional shoplifting at the supermarket. When a young therapist comes into their lives, Shirley grasps the hope that her son may recover his emotional well-being.
The Bang Bang Club (2011)
, 1h46Origin South africa
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about journalists, Films about racism
Actors Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman, Ashley Mulheron, Jessica Haines, Vusi Kunene
The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the days prior to the downfall of Apartheid in South Africa.
Snake Island (2002)
, 1h30Directed by Wayne Crawford
Origin South africa
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors William Katt, Wayne Crawford, Milan Murray
Un groupe de touristes américains descendant une rivière africaine s'arrête brièvement sur Snake Island, une île pratiquement abandonnée depuis des années. Lorsqu'ils se retrouvent piégés sur l'île pendant la nuit, ils découvrent des milliers de serpents mortels qui ont l'intention de reprendre l'île tropicale.
Space Mutiny (1988)
, 1h33Directed by David Winters
Origin South africa
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Dans l'espace, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Reb Brown, Cisse Cameron, Cameron Mitchell, John Phillip Law
The Southern Sun is a generation ship, or a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage has lasted generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground. This does not please the antagonist, Elijah Kalgan, who conspires with the pirates infesting the nearby Corona Borealis system and the ship’s Chief Engineer MacPhearson. Kalgan hatches a plot to disrupt the Southern Sun’s navigation systems and use the Enforcers, the ship’s police force, to hijack the ship and direct it towards this system. At this point, the inhabitants of the Southern Sun will have no choice but to accept his "generosity".
Stander (2003)
, 1h56Directed by Bronwen Hughes
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Thomas Jane, Deborah Kara Unger, David O'Hara, Dexter Fletcher, Marius Weyers, Ron Smerczak
Andre Stander is an officer with the South African Police, newly married with a reputation as the youngest captain on the force, he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to riot duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising. In the chaos of one of the riots in Tembisa, Stander shoots a young, unarmed protester, which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned towards the Apartheid system. One day on his lunch break Stander decides to spontaneously walk in and rob a bank, he thoroughly enjoys the rush and decides to embark on a spree of robberies, even responding to one in official capacity as an officer. In the wake of these robberies, Cor Van Deventer, Stander's partner, leads a team assigned to take down the new bank robber. Eventually being able to see through Stander's disguises, Deventer's team finally makes the arrest, Andre Stander is stripped of his position and sentenced to 32 years in prison.
, 1h45Directed by Edward Neumeier
Origin South africa
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about insects, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohoe, Marnette Patterson, Boris Kodjoe, Stelio Stavante
In the past eleven years of "The Second Bug War", the Mobile Infantry has improved their weapons and tactics. However, as they adapt, so do the Bugs, and many new Arachnid variants have developed. The United Citizen Federation now finds itself engaged in trench warfare on the frontier planets. The Federation puts a positive spin on this in the media while using its judicial and military authority to suppress peace protesters and religious fanatics as seditionists.
Surfing Soweto (2007)
, 1h25Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about technology
Surfing Soweto is the story of a forgotten generation: Bitch Nigga, Lefa and Mzembe are three of the most notorious train surfers in Soweto. They represent a generation of alienated youth, born during the glowing promise after the demise of apartheid and yet without the skills or wherewithal to reap the benefits of their newly-won freedoms. Surfing Soweto shows them riding on the top of trains (train surfing) which in South Africa is known as "ukudlala istaff", ducking as they hurtle past lethal electrical cables, and also in the intimacy of their homes and families.