Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
2009
Intonga (The Stick Fighter)
Pays concerné : Afrique du Sud
Type : fiction
Français
L’histoire de Siviwe, un jeune garçon qui rencontre un prêtre ancien boxeur qui l’initie à la boxe.
Intonga est le premier long métrage en langue Xhosa à émerger de l’Afrique du Sud.
Intonga est le premier long métrage en langue Xhosa à émerger de l’Afrique du Sud.
English
Stick Fighter (The)
Intonga is the first Xhosa-language feature film to emerge from South Africa.
This heart-warming and elegantly constructed tale tells the story of of Siviwe, a young stick fighter from Fort Beaufort, who moves with his mother to Mdantsane after his father dies.
As the new kid in school, Siviwe is bullied by a local boxing champion. One day while running away from the bully, he meets a priest. Siviwe and the priest who is a former boxer, strike up a friendship and the priest guides the young stick fighter on his challenging journey into the world of boxing.
Suitable for children
Directed by JJ Van Rensburg
South Africa 2009
This heart-warming and elegantly constructed tale tells the story of of Siviwe, a young stick fighter from Fort Beaufort, who moves with his mother to Mdantsane after his father dies.
As the new kid in school, Siviwe is bullied by a local boxing champion. One day while running away from the bully, he meets a priest. Siviwe and the priest who is a former boxer, strike up a friendship and the priest guides the young stick fighter on his challenging journey into the world of boxing.
Suitable for children
Directed by JJ Van Rensburg
South Africa 2009
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