U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)
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...
- Mark Dornford-May
- Mark Dornford-May
- Andiswa Kedama
- Pauline Malefane
- Prosper Mérimée
- Ludovic Halévy
- Henri Meilhac
Rating: 6/10 by 10 users
Alternative Title:
Carmen - FR
Czarna Carmen - PL
Carmen från Khayelitsha - SE
Country:
South Africa
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 02 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: opera, murder
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