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Films from the country "south africa", sorted by revenue
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Zambezia (2012)
, 1h23Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds
Actors Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Jenifer Lewis
Kai is a naive, but high-spirited young Peregrine falcon who lives with his father Tendai. After a visit from Gogo and Tini, Kai travels to "Zambezia," a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls where he discovers the truth about his origins and learns how to be part of the community. While learning of his father's past, Kai ends up having to work with the Hurricanes to protect Zambezia from the evil rock monitor Budzo who has persuaded the Marabous (who have been left out of the development of Zambezia) to help him with his invasion.
District 9 (2009)
, 1h52Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Origin South africa
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about immigration, Films about computing, Films about racism, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young, Jed Brophy, David James, Nathalie Boltt, John Sumner
In an alternate 1982, an alien ship inexplicably stops over Johannesburg. When investigation teams enter the ship, they discover a population of sick and malnourished extraterrestrials, derogatorily referred to as "prawns". The South African government confines the aliens to "District 9", a government camp that is located outside of Johannesburg. Twenty-eight years later, in 2010, following periodic conflict between the aliens and the locals living near District 9, the government hires private military company Multinational United (MNU) to relocate the aliens to a new internment. Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley), an Afrikaner bureaucrat, is appointed by Piet Smit (Louis Minnaar), an MNU executive and his father-in-law, to lead the relocation.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
, 1h49Directed by Jamie Uys
Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Children's films
Actors Nǃxau ǂToma, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Paddy O'Byrne, Jamie Uys, Brian O'Shaughnessy
Xi and his San tribe (of !Kung bushmen) are "living well off the land" in the Kalahari Desert. They are happy because of their belief that the gods have provided plenty of everything, and no one among them has any wants. One day, a Coca-Cola bottle is thrown out of an airplane and falls to Earth unbroken. Initially, Xi's people suppose this strange artifact is another "present" from the gods and find many uses for it. (They employ it as a crafts tool, blow the top to make music, etc.) But unlike anything that they have had before, there is only one glass bottle to go around. With everyone wanting it at once, they soon find themselves experiencing envy, anger, and even violence.
Khumba (2013)
, 1h25Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about birds
Actors Jake Toranzo Austin, AnnaSophia Robb, Liam Neeson, Ben Vereen, Phil LaMarr, Laurence Fishburne
A half-striped zebra named Khumba (Jake T. Austin) is born into an insular isolated herd of all-striped zebras where his mother is Lungisa (Anika Noni Rose) and his father is Seko (Laurence Fishburne). Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and before long he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo. As he matures, Khumba remains ostracized by most of the herd with the exception of Tombi (AnnaSophia Robb), a female zebra friend close in age and uncomfortable in the herd due to her tomboyish manners.
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
, 1h38Directed by Jamie Uys
Origin South africa
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Nǃxau ǂToma, Paddy O'Byrne, Kenneth Marshall, Jamie Uys
Xixo trying to find his lost children Two elephant poachers travelling in a truck on which Xixo's children are stuck
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
, 1h34Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Colin Friels, Joanne Whalley, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Louis Gossett Jr., Diana Rigg
Morgan Leafy is a British diplomat and works in the small African state of Kinjanja, in the process of decolonisation. Arthur Fanshawe, a new member of the Commission, brings Leafy the news that oil has just been discovered in Kinjanja. For the British to obtain the benefits of such unexpected news, they must maintain good relations with the man who appears likely to be the next president of Kinjanja, Sam Adekunle. But a diplomatic crisis occurs: a woman dies at the High Commission and the British want to prolong the native burial honors for several days.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
, 1h46Directed by Darrell Roodt
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles Dutton, Vusi Kunene, Leleti Khumalo, Themsie Times
Le jeune pasteur Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) se rend à Johannesburg pour y retrouver son fils disparu. Arrivé là-bas il rencontre la misère et apprend que son fils est devenu un criminel recherché pour meurtre, et que sa sœur a été contrainte de se prostituer.
The Wound (2017)
, 1h28Directed by John Trengove
Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Afrique du sud, montagnes du Cap Oriental. Comme tous les ans, Xolani, ouvrier solitaire, participe avec d’autres hommes de sa communauté aux cérémonies rituelles d’initiation d’une dizaine d’adolescents. L'un d'eux, venu de Johannesburg, découvre un secret précieusement gardé… Toute l’existence de Xolani menace alors de basculer.
Stander (2003)
, 1h56Directed by Bronwen Hughes
Origin South africa
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Thomas Jane, Deborah Kara Unger, David O'Hara, Dexter Fletcher, Marius Weyers, Ron Smerczak
Andre Stander is an officer with the South African Police, newly married with a reputation as the youngest captain on the force, he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to riot duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising. In the chaos of one of the riots in Tembisa, Stander shoots a young, unarmed protester, which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned towards the Apartheid system. One day on his lunch break Stander decides to spontaneously walk in and rob a bank, he thoroughly enjoys the rush and decides to embark on a spree of robberies, even responding to one in official capacity as an officer. In the wake of these robberies, Cor Van Deventer, Stander's partner, leads a team assigned to take down the new bank robber. Eventually being able to see through Stander's disguises, Deventer's team finally makes the arrest, Andre Stander is stripped of his position and sentenced to 32 years in prison.
The Harvesters (2018)
, 1h46Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Dans l'État libre en Afrique du Sud, un monde rural et conservateur d’une communauté blanche isolée dans les années 1970, le jeune fermier afrikaner Janno (Brent Vermeulen), un garçon solitaire assez réservé, doit accepter l’orphelin Pieter (Alex van Dyk) comme frère quand sa mère (Juliana Venter) l’adopte. Ces jeunes luttent pour le pouvoir, l’héritage et l’amour…
While You Weren't Looking (2015)
, 1h44Origin South africa
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Sandi Schultz, Camilla Waldman
Le film décrit la vie et les expériences des gays et lesbiennes dans l'Afrique du Sud contemporaine.
The Two of Us (2015)
, 1h34Origin South africa
Themes Films set in Africa
À Alexandra, un township de Johannesburg, les jeunes du quartier doivent effectuer des choix difficiles.
The Unforgiving (2010)
, 1h15Origin South africa
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Un psychopathe masqué a sévi dans un coin perdu d'Afrique du Sud, et les autorités interrogent les uniques survivants : Rex et Alice.
Allan Quatermain (1920)
Origin South africa
Genres Adventure
Actors Florence Roberts
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