Catch a Fire

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  • Director: Phillip Noyce
  • Cast: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli
  • Genre: BiographyDramaHistory
  • Premiere: 2006
  • Running time: 101 min
  • Rated: PG-13

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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Accolades: 2 wins & 14 nominations total

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