Friends (1993 film)
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Dambisa Kente
Michele Burgers
| Friends | |
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 VHS cover | |
| Directed by | Elaine Proctor |
| Written by | Elaine Proctor |
| Produced by | Judith Hunt |
| Starring | Kerry Fox Dambisa Kente Michele Burgers |
| Cinematography | Dominique Chapuis |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
Production company | Chrysalide Film |
| Distributed by | Haut et Court (France) BBC Two (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
Friends is a 1993 South African drama film directed by Elaine Proctor. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won an award for Caméra d'Or Special Distinction.[1] The film is set during apartheid in Johannesburg and follows three friends who each represent a different faction of South African society.
Three young women live together in apartheid-era Johannesburg, with each of them dealing with apartheid in different ways. Thoko, a Black woman, works as a schoolteacher and practices non-violent passive resistance. Aninka, an Afrikaner, is an archeologist who rejects her family’s pro-apartheid politics. Sophie, who is from a white British family, is a librarian but secretly belongs to an anti-apartheid terrorist organization. Sophie plants bombs in public places on behalf of the organization. One day, a bomb she leaves at an airport explodes and kills innocent bystanders, including an elderly Black woman. The tragic incident fractures the women’s friendships and loyalties.
Cast
- Kerry Fox as Sophie
- Dambisa Kente as Thoko
- Michele Burgers as Aninka
- Marius Weyers as Johan
- Tertius Meintjes as Jeremy
- Dolly Rathebe as Innocentia
- Wilma Stockenström as Iris
- Carel Trichardt as Rheinhart
- Anne Curteis as Sophie's mother
- Ralph Draper as Sophie's father
- Mary Twala as Grace
- Maphiki Mabohi as Daphne
- Job Kubatsi as Maurondile
- Vanessa Cooke as Prison's warden
- Jerry Mofokeng as Thomi
- Trevi Jean Le Pere as Jeremy's lover