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U-Carmen eKhayelitsha poster
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MASTER SCORE 62.7 / 100
2005·Drama / Musical / Romance·2h 2m

U-CARMEN EKHAYELITSHA

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...

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Mark Dornford-May·DirectorPauline Malefane·WriterAndiswa Kedama·WriterGiulio Biccari·Director of PhotographySimon Rice·Sound MixerRonelle Loots·Editor
Cast
Pauline Malefane·CarmenAndile Tshoni·JongikhayaLungelwa Blou·NomakhayaZweilungile Sidloyi·Lulamile NkomoAndries Mbali·Bra NkomoZamile Gantana·Captain GantanaAndiswa Kedama·AmandaRuby Mthethwa·PinkiNoluthando Boqwana·ManelisaRoss Garland·Policeman
Full Crew
(14 credits)
Directing· 1
Mark Dornford-May·Director
Writing· 6
Pauline Malefane·WriterAndiswa Kedama·WriterMark Dornford-May·WriterProsper Mérimée·NovelLudovic Halévy·OperaHenri Meilhac·Opera
Camera· 1
Giulio Biccari·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Ronelle Loots·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Simon Rice·Sound Mixer
Art & Design· 1
Craig Smith·Production Design
Production· 3
Ross Garland·ProducerMark Dornford-May·ProducerRoss Garland·Executive Producer
By the Numbers
62.7
OF 100
Master Score
6.5
OF 10
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