U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) — Top Movie Database

Production companies : Spier Films /

December 22, 2005 2h 2m South Africa Music English More

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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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title：U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
status：Released
Release date： 2005
Runtime：2h 2m
Genres： Music · Drama · Romance ·
Countries of origin： South Africa ·
Original Language： English · Xhosa ·
Director： Mark Dornford-May /
Writers： Pauline Malefane · Andiswa Kedama · Mark Dornford-May · Prosper Mérimée · Ludovic Halévy · Henri Meilhac ·
Production companies： Spier Films ·
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...