Catch a Fire
102 minutes, 2006
Tue. Oct 10, 7:00PM, Rafael
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Tribute to Tim Robbins
Australian director Phillip Noyce (Rabbit Proof Fence, MVFF 2002) is at his best, combining an interest in social-justice dramas with his skill in making suspenseful thrillers to tell the true story of Patrick Chamusso. A power plant worker and devoted family man, Chamusso stays out of politics. However, after being falsely arrested by overzealous terrorism investigator Nic Vos, convincingly played by MVFF 2006 tributee Tim Robbins (The Player, Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River), Chamusso does an about-face. Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) is riveting in his portrayal of a man fleeing the oppression of South Africa's apartheid era for Mozambique, where he trains with the ANC for the revolution, until he is sent back to place bombs in the plant he knows intimately. Screenwriter Shawn Slovo (A World Apart) develops the characters we care so much about while secrets are revealed that may unravel the delicate threads holding this family together. — G. Meyer
Director: Phillip Noyce
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anthony Minghella, Robyn Slovo
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Cinematographer: Ron Fortunato, Garry Phillips
Editor: Jill Bilcock
Cast: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna
Print Source: Focus Features
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA, 91608
Tel: 818.777.7373
Official Website: www.catchafiremovie.com
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