A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 14 nominations
Bonnie Mbuli
- Precious Chamusso
- (as Bonnie Henna)
Tumisho Masha
- Obadi
- (as Tumisho K. Masha)
Jay Anstey
- Katie Vos
- (as Jessica Anstey)
Eduan van Jaarsveldt
- Special Branch Sergeant
- (as Eduan van Jaarsveld)
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- TriviaRobyn Slovo, who is Shawn Slovo's sister, acts as her own mother, Ruth First, in the film.
- GoofsWhen Sixpence scores the winning goal and then gets surrounded by his team and fans; Coach Patrick lifts him up onto his shoulders. However, in the following cut Sixpence is now holding up a trophy. Hardly a second elapsed between cuts and there was no award ceremony in between nor did anyone push through the cheering crowd to bring him the trophy.
Featured review
Powerful and sustained but at the end, an artistic flaw
I can't quarrel with those who give this film high praise for powerfully representing the complex humanity of both the oppressor and oppressed with first-rate film-making. Essentially it tells how a capable, peaceable bystander is bullied into becoming a "freedom fighter" (or "terrorist" if you will), at cost. BUT given most of the film's present-tense dramatic intensity, I was disappointed by the sudden lapse into voice-over past tense narration at the end, hastily tacked on it would seem to tell us that though the story seems a downer, historically it all turned out well after all. I'd rather have seen another hour -- maybe less -- that continued the tale on its own terms -- the subject is epic enough to deserve it. Or else seen all that end material separated from the film itself, an end flourish upwards amid the end-credits, performing the job but leaving the main story its own integrity. Too bad. An excellent film, strong but in this regard imperfect.
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- Hot Stuff
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- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,299,773
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,012,000
- Oct 29, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $5,710,236
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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