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Films from the country "south africa", sorted by production date
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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…
The Wound (2017)
, 1h28Directed by John Trengove
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Afrique du sud, montagnes du Cap Oriental. Comme tous les ans, Xolani, ouvrier solitaire, participe avec d’autres hommes de sa communauté aux cérémonies rituelles d’initiation d’une dizaine d’adolescents. L'un d'eux, venu de Johannesburg, découvre un secret précieusement gardé… Toute l’existence de Xolani menace alors de basculer.
While You Weren't Looking (2015)
, 1h44Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sandi Schultz, Camilla Waldman
Le film décrit la vie et les expériences des gays et lesbiennes dans l'Afrique du Sud contemporaine.
The Two of Us (2015)
, 1h34Origin South africa
Themes Films set in Africa
À Alexandra, un township de Johannesburg, les jeunes du quartier doivent effectuer des choix difficiles.
Four Corners (2014)
, 1h54Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Ricardo Galam, treize ans, vit avec sa grand-mère dans un HLM du Cap, dans un quartier où la sous-culture est dominée par deux gangs, les 26 et 28. Prodige des échecs, Ricardo et son futur sont menacés par l'intérêt que lui porte le 26.
Kite (2014)
, 1h30Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe, Carl Beukes
In a vast, multicultural and decimated urban landscape, set after a financial collapse, Sawa, a beautiful but emotionally detached young woman, lives a secret life as a covert assassin.
Young Ones (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Jake Paltrow
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Western
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning, Michael Shannon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aimee Mullins, Alex McGregor
In a post-drought apocalypse US, people kill for water. Ernest Holm lives with his son Jerome and daughter Mary in their small townhouse and field. His wife has been involved in an accident earlier and is now permanently hospitalized in a facility where she can walk while wired to a special frame. While everyone else has left the area, Ernest and his family remain, as Ernest believes that the land will grow once more if only there is irrigation. Ernest gets water for his family by delivering supplies to the "water men" who extract water from deep wells through a government deal. When his mule breaks its legs and he has to kill it, Ernest goes to Sam Lever's auction house and buys a robotic carrier machine called Simulit Shadow ("Sim") to replace it, beating the offers of Flem Lever, Sam's son, a young, troubled man who has been seeing Mary without Ernest's consent.
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.
Khumba (2013)
, 1h25Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about birds
Actors Jake Toranzo Austin, AnnaSophia Robb, Liam Neeson, Ben Vereen, Phil LaMarr, Laurence Fishburne
A half-striped zebra named Khumba (Jake T. Austin) is born into an insular isolated herd of all-striped zebras where his mother is Lungisa (Anika Noni Rose) and his father is Seko (Laurence Fishburne). Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and before long he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo. As he matures, Khumba remains ostracized by most of the herd with the exception of Tombi (AnnaSophia Robb), a female zebra friend close in age and uncomfortable in the herd due to her tomboyish manners.
Afrikaaps (2013)
, 52minutesOrigin South africa
Genres Documentary
This documentary focuses on a theatre piece entitled Afrikaaps within a film. It is based on the creative processes and performances of the stage production. Using hip-hop the film and the stage play attempt to reclaim Afrikaans – so long considered a language of the oppressor – as a language of liberation. Present from the beginning of the project, Dylan Valley captures revealing moments of the cast's and production crew's personal narratives that transcend what happens on stage.
Zambezia (2012)
, 1h23Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds
Actors Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Jenifer Lewis
Kai is a naive, but high-spirited young Peregrine falcon who lives with his father Tendai. After a visit from Gogo and Tini, Kai travels to "Zambezia," a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls where he discovers the truth about his origins and learns how to be part of the community. While learning of his father's past, Kai ends up having to work with the Hurricanes to protect Zambezia from the evil rock monitor Budzo who has persuaded the Marabous (who have been left out of the development of Zambezia) to help him with his invasion.
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
, 1h29Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bryan Adams, William Baldwin, Ted Danson, Michael Richards, Helen Hunt, Mandy Patinkin
L'histoire se déroule en Afrique du Sud à la fin du XIX siècle, dans le Transvaal. Fitz recueille un chiot malingre, un bull terrier qu'il nomme Jock et dont il prend soin. Jock devient un jeune chien vigoureux, curieux et courageux, qui vit toutes sortes d'aventures avec son maître et ses compagnons animaux : sa mère Jess et son ami le coq Pezulu. Jock se lie aussi d'amitié avec un guerrier zoulou, Jim, et avec un vieux sage africain, Baba. Ils doivent affronter notamment le babouin George. Jock rencontre aussi une élégante chienne française, Polly.
Beauty (2011)
, 1h38Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dylan Baker
The film starts with a man named François (Deon Lotz) who is a Lucky South African man in his late forties who lives an apparently joyful life. He is also openly racist and mostly homophobic, but at the same time he has been sexually attracted to other men and has frequent sex encounters with other white and married men.
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.