U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

2005
2h 2m
5.8

5.8/10

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Overview

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...

Status: Released

Language: XH

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Production Information

Production Companies
Spier Films
Production Countries
South Africa
Spoken Languages
English Xhosa

Quick Facts

Release Date December 22, 2005
Status Released
Language XH
IMDb ID tt0445776

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