Gugu and Andile
1h 36m
Running Time
Plot.
The year is 1993, democracy is at hand, and South Africa's townships are burning. Gugu, a sixteen year-old from a Zulu speaking family falls in love with Andile, an eighteen year-old Xhosa youth. Their love is frowned upon by both communities.
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Cast & Crew.
Litha Booi
Andile Mcilongo
Lungelo Dhladhla
Gugu Dlamini
Jabulani Hadebe
Mandla Dlamini
Daphne Hlomuka
Ma'Lizzie
Harriet Lenabe
Busi Dlamini
Mac Mathunjwa
Bishop Mbengashe
Thandy Matlaila
Patricia
Neil McCarthy
Father John
Luzuko Nkqeto
Bullet
Neil McCarthy
Father John
Koketso Paulus
Yonela Mcilongo
Siyabonga Radebe
Bheki
Zolisa Xaluva
Khutso
Vuyisa Yoko
Ras Bennie
Lodi Matsetela
Writer
Minky Schlesinger
Writer / Director
Details.
Wiki.
UGugu no Andile is a 2008 South African drama film directed by Minky Schlesinger, and starring Daphney Hlomuka, Neil McCarthy & Lungelo Dhladhla. The film received 10 nominations and won 3 awards at the 2009 Africa Movie Academy Awards, including the awards for Best film in an African language, Most Promising Actor and Most Promising Actress. It was also a competitor in the Best TV Feature category at the 2009 FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso, the oldest and largest film festival on the African Continent.The story is set in South Africa in 1993, during the upheaval in the struggle for democracy. A sixteen-year-old Zulu girl Gugu is in love with a Xhosa boy Andile, against the wishes of their respective communities.