U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
2h 2m
Running Time
December 22, 2005Release Date
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
2h 2m
Running Time
December 22, 2005Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Pauline Malefane
Carmen / Writer

Andile Tshoni
Jongikhaya

Lungelwa Blou
Nomakhaya

Zweilungile Sidloyi
Lulamile Nkomo

Andries Mbali
Bra Nkomo

Zamile Gantana
Captain Gantana

Andiswa Kedama
Amanda / Writer

Ruby Mthethwa
Pinki

Noluthando Boqwana
Manelisa

Ross Garland
Policeman / Producer / Executive Producer

Mark Dornford-May
Director / Writer / Producer

Ronelle Loots
Editor

Giulio Biccari
Director of Photography

Craig Smith
Production Design

Prosper Mérimée
Novel

Ludovic Halévy
Opera
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 2005
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Filming LocationsSouth Africa
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
opera
murder
Wiki.
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is a 2005 South African operatic film directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May. The title, "Carmen in Khayelitsha", refers to one of the poorest areas of Cape Town.
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