Catch a Fire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-27

Languages:

English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Portuguese

Countries:

France, UK, South Africa, USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (9340 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Genres:

Biography Drama History

Cast:

Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna Mncedisi Shabangu

Writer:

Shawn Slovo

Fullplot:

A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

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