The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Title | Catch a Fire |
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Year | 2006 |
Genre | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Country | France, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa |
Studio | Working Title Films, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal |
Cast | Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha, Sithembiso Khumalo |
Crew | Reza Levy (Costume Design), Robyn Slovo (Producer), Phillip Noyce (Director), Sydney Pollack (Executive Producer), Shawn Slovo (Screenplay), Ron Fortunato (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | police brutality, right and justice, resistance, south africa, apartheid, anc (african national congress) |
Release | Oct 27, 2006 |
Runtime | 101 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.21 / 10 by 126 users |