Confronted with the death of his stepfather, Director Thomas Allen Harris embarks on a journey to understand the man who raised him, Pule Benjamin Leinaeng ("Lee") - an ANC foot-soldier who sacrificed his life for the freedom of his country. As part of the first wave of South African freedom fighters, Lee and his comrades left their homeland in 1960 to broadcast to the world th...
《Wesens》是第一个同类艺术电影，伪纪录风格，科幻，神秘的设定在1967年的南非。从表面上看，这部电影讲述了四名南非共和国情报人员调查一个降落在荒凉卡鲁农场的不明物体的故事。他们用超8和16毫米相机记录了这次调查。接下来是一个谜，让你一直猜到最后一行。科伊桑神话推动了电影的叙事，不像传统的发现胶片电影，没有跳跃的恐惧和血腥。影片更倾向于用发现镜头的手法，通过60年代南非的“现实”镜头，揭示主人公的精神追求。格林生物是一个寓言，颠覆了clichéd类型电影的概念，模糊了艺术电影和传统商业电影之间的界限。这部电影使用了多层次的隐喻，广泛研究的对话和沉思的长镜头，作为电影探索我们在地球上存在的“绝对真相”的一部分。
The most surprising thing of all is that the film is actually South African. There's only one reference to that country in the film (very unexpected and funny) and I guess the whole thing is supposed to look like a British or American production.
If you know South African attitudes of that time, you would not believe me if I tell you that the film is completely impartial. It gi...
South African wilderness 1800's. Five years after their mother died, Rachel, a girl on the cusp of adolescence and 5-year-old Jamie find themselves on their way to the virgin gold fields with their father, Herman, as he tries to start a new life. When Jamie goes missing in a freak snow blizzard, Rachel braves the storm to look for her little brother.
A pair of warring families are fighting over a covet diamond mine. However, as faith has it, the two of the children has a star crossed romance which lead to conflicts arises with the families.
DIE PRO ("The Pro") tells the story of a young surfer, Tiaan Nothnagel, that has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Dirkie Lawrence, just before their last year at school. After Dirkie's death, Tiaan swears off surfing for good, as he can't stand to be reminded of everything that he and Dirkie shared. But then, Dirkie's twin sister (who went to live ...
故事讲一个南非北部乡村的男人，到约翰内斯堡城里谋生的故事；那时的南非，种族隔离政策；是的黑人在城里工作，只能白天进城，晚上出城；而城里的工作需要有工作签证许可，白人与黑人地位的不同，生活的境遇也是天上地下；男人工作换了又换，却还在去另一个城市还是回乡中徘徊；男人的女人来了，男人的压力也大了；女人积极面对生来的处境，想要外出工作补贴家用和为孩子上学存钱；男人面对城市生活带来的改变以及家中女人谋求独立的要求；城市的繁华与游离的失业，传统的习俗和男人的家庭地位，在变革中的社会里，家庭面临的危机如平静水面下的暗涌。
