Catch a Fire
The spark that ignites us, unites us.
20061h 41mNo ratings yet
- Action
- Drama
- Thriller
Overview
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.
Keywords
- police brutality
- resistance
- right and justice
- south africa
- apartheid
- anc (african national congress)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 27, 2006
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english, AFRIKAANS, ZULU
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa
- Production
- Working Title Films,StudioCanal,Mirage Enterprises,Working Title Films, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,700,000
- IMDb
- tt0437232