Catch a Fire
Studio/Distributor
Focus Features
Director
Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter(s)
Shawn Slovo
Cast
Robert Hobbs, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Tim Robbins
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Release: Wide
Synopsis: Shot on location in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Mozambique, this political thriller is based on the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso. The film takes place in South Africa, spanning from the country's turbulent and divided years in the 1980s to the present day.
Patrick (played by Derek Luke) is an oil refinery employee and soccer player who is apolitical - until he and his wife are brutalized by government-sanctioned terror squads. Shocked into action, Patrick reorients his sense of self and purpose. Even as policeman Nic Vos (Academy Award winner Tim Robbins) further insinuates himself into the lives of Patrick and his family, Patrick becomes a rebel fighter and political operative, staging daring solo attacks against the brutal apartheid regime.
Change must and will come, not only for South Africa but also for Patrick, Nic, and those closest to them.
Genre: Drama - Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material involving torture and abuse, violence and brief language)
Offical Site: Catch a Fire
Movie Poster: Allposters
DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon
Focus Features
Director
Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter(s)
Shawn Slovo
Cast
Robert Hobbs, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Tim Robbins
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Release: Wide
Synopsis: Shot on location in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Mozambique, this political thriller is based on the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso. The film takes place in South Africa, spanning from the country's turbulent and divided years in the 1980s to the present day.
Patrick (played by Derek Luke) is an oil refinery employee and soccer player who is apolitical - until he and his wife are brutalized by government-sanctioned terror squads. Shocked into action, Patrick reorients his sense of self and purpose. Even as policeman Nic Vos (Academy Award winner Tim Robbins) further insinuates himself into the lives of Patrick and his family, Patrick becomes a rebel fighter and political operative, staging daring solo attacks against the brutal apartheid regime.
Change must and will come, not only for South Africa but also for Patrick, Nic, and those closest to them.
Genre: Drama - Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material involving torture and abuse, violence and brief language)
Offical Site: Catch a Fire
Movie Poster: Allposters
DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon
