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Films from the country "south africa", sorted by rating
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Unhinged: Surviving Jo'burg (2010)
, 52minutesOrigin South africa
Genres Documentary
Documentaire honnête, décalé et parfois frénétique sur Johannesburg mettant en avant la plus grande ville d'Afrique du Sud et la porte d’entrée du reste du monde vers l’Afrique australe. Avec un récit rapide, de l'humour nerveux, des anecdotes triviales, des observations piquantes et une bande son très drôle, le film dévoile la vraie vie de cette ville méconnue, mythique et décriée.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
, 1h56Directed by Regardt van den Bergh
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Sean Michael, Regardt van den Bergh
When Angus Buchan, a white Zambian farmer of Scottish origin, emigrates to escape political unrest and worrying land reforms, he looks south for a better life. With nothing more than a trailer in the untamed bush, and help from his Zulu foreman, Simeon Bhengu, the Buchan family struggles to settle in their new homeland. Faced with ever mounting challenges, hardships and personal turmoil, Buchan quickly spirals down into a life consumed by anger, fear and destruction. Finally, his wife convinces him to attend a local church, where the religious testimony of other farmers influence his decision to give his life to Jesus Christ. His outlook takes a complete turnaround, and supernatural occurrences begin to happen when Angus prays in faith. He begins giving his testimony in different towns, and eventually gathers thousands of people in Kings Park Stadium for a time of unified prayer for the nation and for the land.
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.
Allan Quatermain (1920)
Origin South africa
Genres Adventure
Actors Florence Roberts
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Bushman's Secret (2006)
, 1h5Origin South africa
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Environmental films, La mondialisation, Documentaire sur l'altermondialisme, Documentary films about environmental issues, Mise en scène d'une plante
Jan, guérisseur traditionnel des Bushmen de la tribu des Komani du Kalahari, détient un savoir remarquable des bienfaits procurés par les plantes. Malgré son extrême pauvreté, il continue de prodiguer des soins à tous, tout en demeurant en symbiose avec la nature. Tâche difficile, car les Bushmen parqués depuis la colonisation ont perdu toute source de revenus.
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
, 2hDirected by Mark Dornford-May
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
The film begins when Nomakhaya arrives at a Cape Town police station, looking for police sergeant Jongikhaya. He is out on patrol, so she decides to return later to avoid being harassed by the other officers. Meanwhile, Carmen and Amanda are going to work at the cigarette factory. They pass in front of Jongikhaya's police vehicle and Carmen yells at him for parking there. Nomakhaya eventually finds Jongikhaya and gives him a ring that his dying mother sent him: she urges him to return to his village to see his mother before she dies. A flashback reveals that Jongikhaya has been disowned by his mother after he drowned his brother during an argument. Later, the bored police officers decide to go to the cigarette factory to see the girls. Carmen is piqued when Jongikhaya reads his Bible and ignores her. She flirts with him and throws a rose into his car.
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…
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.
Drum (2004)
, 1h34Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Taye Diggs, Gabriel Mann, Jason Flemyng, Bonginkosi Dlamini, Bonnie Henna
The story is based on real events and real people and is set in the mid-1950s freehold township of Sophiatown, Johannesburg— one of the few areas in South Africa where blacks could own property and drink alcoholic beverages. Drum begins with the central character, sportswriter Henry Nxumalo, reporting on a boxing match with Nelson Mandela. Nxumalo leaves his wife Florence at home while going out into his community's night life and has an affair with a female singer. He works for Drum magazine, which was "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa." The magazine was financed by whites and had a multiracial staff; it was popular among the black community. Drum's British editor, Jim Bailey (Jason Flemyng), asks Nxumalo to write on the township crime scene, and Nxumalo, while at first unwilling, finally agrees. While on the job, he encounters Slim (Zola), a gang leader, that he had previously met in illegal township drinking places, and witnesses him kill a man in Sophiatown.
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.
Zimbabwe (2008)
, 1h24Directed by Darrell Roodt
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Privée de ses deux parents et de sa sœur aînée, morts du sida, Zimbabwe (nommée ainsi par son défunt père patriote) se retrouve chef de famille à 19 ans. À sa charge, son jeune frère et sa nièce. Avec trois bouches de plus à nourrir, les villageois ne peuvent se permettre de garder cette famille qui risque d’apporter le malheur de « la maladie » sur tout le monde. Il faut partir.