Murmures
OTELO BURNING, de Sara Blecher en France et bientôt en salles
février 2012 | Sortie de film, livre, album… | Cinéma/TV | Afrique du Sud
Français
Le dernier long métrage de la réalisatrice sud-Africaine Sara Blecher sera diffusé en France au Festival de Lille, en avril 2012.
D’abord annoncé pour septembre 2011, le film sortira en Afrique du Sud au mois de Mai 2012.
OTELO BURNING raconte l’histoire de jeunes du township qui découvrent les joies du surf. On est en 1989, en plein milieu d’un conflit entre deux groupes politiques à Lamontville.
Quand le jeune Otelo Buthelezi, âgé de 1- ans, prend la planche pour la première fois, il est clair qu’il est fait pour le surf. Mais la tragédie rôde. Le jour de la libération de Nelson Mandela de prison, Otelo est forcé de choisir entre le succès au surf et la justice.
un film de Sara Blecher, 2011, Afrique du Sud, 1h30 min.
ACTEURS
Jafta Mamabolo (Otelo)
Thomas Gumede (New Year)
Sihle Xaba (Mandla Modise)
Tshepang Mohlomi (Ntwe)
Nolwazi Shange (Dezi)
Kenneth Nkosi (Oscar Buthelezi / Otelo’s father)
Harriet Manamela (Mother Christmas / Dezi’s Mother)
Hamilton Dhlamini (Skhumbuzo)
Motlatsi Mafatshe (Blade)
Matthew Oats (Kurt)
Réalisatrice : Sara Blecher
Scénario : James WHYLE, Sara BLECHER et l’atelier des acteurs (THE CAST WORKSHOP)
Productrice : Sara BLECHER
Directeur de Production: Richard GREEN
Producteurs Exécutifs: Kevin FLEISCHER, Zanele MTHEMBU
Directeur de la Photographie: Lance GEWER
Monteuse : Megan GILL
Décoratrice : ANITA VAN HEMERT
Compositeurs de la musiQUE OriginalE: ALAN LAZAR, TIAGO CORREIA-PAULO
Direction de casting : Meshak MAVUSO et Sara BLECHER
Tourné à Durban en caméra RED et D5 et réalisé par Sara Blecher qui avait précedemment signé SURFING SOWETO en 2010.
Budget : 10 millions de rands (1,3 million de dollars US)
D’abord annoncé pour septembre 2011, le film sortira en Afrique du Sud au mois de Mai 2012.
OTELO BURNING raconte l’histoire de jeunes du township qui découvrent les joies du surf. On est en 1989, en plein milieu d’un conflit entre deux groupes politiques à Lamontville.
Quand le jeune Otelo Buthelezi, âgé de 1- ans, prend la planche pour la première fois, il est clair qu’il est fait pour le surf. Mais la tragédie rôde. Le jour de la libération de Nelson Mandela de prison, Otelo est forcé de choisir entre le succès au surf et la justice.
un film de Sara Blecher, 2011, Afrique du Sud, 1h30 min.
ACTEURS
Jafta Mamabolo (Otelo)
Thomas Gumede (New Year)
Sihle Xaba (Mandla Modise)
Tshepang Mohlomi (Ntwe)
Nolwazi Shange (Dezi)
Kenneth Nkosi (Oscar Buthelezi / Otelo’s father)
Harriet Manamela (Mother Christmas / Dezi’s Mother)
Hamilton Dhlamini (Skhumbuzo)
Motlatsi Mafatshe (Blade)
Matthew Oats (Kurt)
Réalisatrice : Sara Blecher
Scénario : James WHYLE, Sara BLECHER et l’atelier des acteurs (THE CAST WORKSHOP)
Productrice : Sara BLECHER
Directeur de Production: Richard GREEN
Producteurs Exécutifs: Kevin FLEISCHER, Zanele MTHEMBU
Directeur de la Photographie: Lance GEWER
Monteuse : Megan GILL
Décoratrice : ANITA VAN HEMERT
Compositeurs de la musiQUE OriginalE: ALAN LAZAR, TIAGO CORREIA-PAULO
Direction de casting : Meshak MAVUSO et Sara BLECHER
Tourné à Durban en caméra RED et D5 et réalisé par Sara Blecher qui avait précedemment signé SURFING SOWETO en 2010.
Budget : 10 millions de rands (1,3 million de dollars US)
English
OTELO BURNING will be shown at the Lille Festival 2012 that is organized next April by Dominique Ollier of Africadoc.
Somewhere between CITY OF GOD and BLUE CRUSH, OTELO BURNING is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. It’s an emotional story of kids in the township learning to surf. It’s a story of the explosive potential for change at the time of apartheid’s end – all seen through a child’s eye.
Shot in Durban and directed by Sara Blecher (SURFING SOWETO), the film tells the story of a group of township kids who discover the joy of surfing. It’s set in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict between two political groups in Lamontville.
When 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi takes to the water for the first time, it’s clear that he was born to surf. But then tragedy strikes. On the day that Nelson Mandela is released from prison, Otelo is forced to choose between surfing success and justice. This is a beautifully made, insightful and entertaining film that captures a turbulent time in the history of South Africa.
OTELO BURNING is pretty much a coming of age story that takes place against the backdrop of Mandelas release from prison. In a way it is an allegory for what happens when a country gets freedom ; a warning about greed, and corruption…. which seems to be quite a pertinent issue at the moment especially with the Arab Spring.
That said its also just a moving story about three young Zulu boys growing up.
The film has played at the London International Film Festival, At Busan (in Korea), Chennai (India) and Dubai. It also was the opening Film of the Durban International Film Festival and will have a big nationwide release in South Africa in May.
Somewhere between CITY OF GOD and BLUE CRUSH, OTELO BURNING is a coming of age story set against the backdrop of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. It’s an emotional story of kids in the township learning to surf. It’s a story of the explosive potential for change at the time of apartheid’s end – all seen through a child’s eye.
Shot in Durban and directed by Sara Blecher (SURFING SOWETO), the film tells the story of a group of township kids who discover the joy of surfing. It’s set in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict between two political groups in Lamontville.
When 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi takes to the water for the first time, it’s clear that he was born to surf. But then tragedy strikes. On the day that Nelson Mandela is released from prison, Otelo is forced to choose between surfing success and justice. This is a beautifully made, insightful and entertaining film that captures a turbulent time in the history of South Africa.
OTELO BURNING is pretty much a coming of age story that takes place against the backdrop of Mandelas release from prison. In a way it is an allegory for what happens when a country gets freedom ; a warning about greed, and corruption…. which seems to be quite a pertinent issue at the moment especially with the Arab Spring.
That said its also just a moving story about three young Zulu boys growing up.
The film has played at the London International Film Festival, At Busan (in Korea), Chennai (India) and Dubai. It also was the opening Film of the Durban International Film Festival and will have a big nationwide release in South Africa in May.
Partager :
