Catch a Fire
“The spark that ignites us, unites us.”
Director
Phillip Noyce
Screenplay
Shawn Slovo
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Release
Oct 27, 2006
Budget
$14M
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Revenue
$6M
Cast
Tim Robbins
Nic Vos
Derek Luke
Patrick Chamusso
Bonnie Mbuli
Precious Chamusso
Mncedisi Shabangu
Zuko September
Tumisho Masha
Obadi
Terry Pheto
Miriam
Michele Burgers
Anna Vos
Jay Anstey
Katie Vos
Susan Danford
White Madam
Michael Mabizela
Shaven Head Bomber
Erno Van Dyk
Security Branch Policeman
Marius Weyers
Police Brigadier
Robert Hobbs
Special Branch Lieutenant
Reviews
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6.3/10
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Catch a Fire
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