Genrebending film five fingers for marseilles billed as south africa s first western film offers a scathing social narrative, endless gritty drama and sharp suspense that immediately. The community of railway, attached to the remote town of. Their battle is heartfelt but innocent, until hotheaded tau kills two policemen in an act of passion. Red band trailer for south african western five fingers for. A vibram fivefingers experience you are the technology. Five fingers for marseilles, a south african western in. The movie takes a twist on the bildungs roman genre, giving the audience a glimpse into south african society through the growth of the five fingers, the childhood clique tau was a part of before an unfortunate event caused his life to spiral.
The community of railway, attached to remote marseilles, face brutal oppression and only the young five fingers are willing to fight, until hotheaded tau commits a terrible act and flees. South african western five fingers for marseilles lands in. Apr 06, 2018 south africa s first and much anticipated western five fingers for marseilles opens nationwide in cinemas on friday, 6 april. Oct 24, 2018 the battle for south africa s freedom has been won, and former comradesinarms are in prominent positions as mayor, police chief, and pastor. A feature film directorial debut for matthews, whose eyecatching short film sweetheart demonstrated his knack for creating another. Directed by michael matthews, the hit film won five awards, including best film, achievement in production design, achievement in cinematography. The community of railway, attached to the remote town of marseilles, are. Five fingers for marseilles is a welcomed addition to the western canon. The community of railway, attached to the remote town of marseilles, are the victims of brutal police oppression and only the young five fingers are willing to stand up to them. The film will have its african premiere at rapid lion, the upcoming south african international film festival, and it will open at cinemas nationwide on 6 april.
Sep 06, 2018 five fingers for marseilles is a modern day western, a tale of revolutionary south africa and its aftermath, a world of blood, revenge, stepping in to right a great wrong, and fighting back. Five fingers for marseilles is a striking demonstration of the capacity and power of south african film. As the film flashes forwardto a lessthandistinct time in history, and a climate raw enough to evoke the windflogged landscapes of sergio. Vuyo dabula, left, and lizwi vilakazi in the movie five fingers for marseilles. South africa is in no shortage of fantastic, talentfilled cinema. Visually five fingers for marseilles is a classic western, but there is a lot more to this movie than simply gunslingers and rowdy men drinking in a bar.
Five fingers for marseilles shows colonialisms scars in south africa. Matthews reaffirms what sergio leone identified the western doesnt demand john wayne, cowboys, indians, and tumbleweeds. Its a sotho shane, brutally beautiful and iconic, fraught with symbolism, harrowing in its violence and its consequences. The community of railway, attached to the remote south african town of marseilles, are the victims of brutal police oppression and only the young five fingers will stand up to them. Take a look at some of the best south african movies of all time. Five fingers for marseilles, a western that tells the story of a group of young men the five fingers who stand up to brutal police oppression in marseilles, a town in the rugged badlands of the eastern cape, opens at cinemas nationwide on 6 april. South african western five fingers for marseilles cleans up. The films screenwriter and producer sean drummond told us why a. Weve written quite a lot about the michael matthews directed south african western five fingers for marseilles in these pages as the film went on a wide spread and successful international. Twenty years later, outlaw tau renounces violence and returns to marseilles. Five fingers is a wild weststyle flick that stars an allsouth african cast. Five fingers for marseilles opens on 6 april feature. Red band trailer for south african western five fingers. Five fingers for marseilles takes the western to south africa.
Sean burns the cast of five fingers for marseilles. I have full commercial use rights for this content. The film transplants the western genre to south africa, offering an allegory for colonialisms damaging influence on african nations. Gunslinging local western five fingers for marseilles. Five fingers for marseilles opens on 6 april feature films. Cape town south africa s first and much anticipated western five fingers for marseilles opens nationwide in cinemas on friday, 6 april while south africans will be the first to see five.
Apartheid ends during the 20 years it takes tau a charismatic vuyo dabula to return to railway, but the promise of. A brutal but thoughtful film invoking subtle social allegory, marseilles. Five fingers for marseilles is a welltold western set in. Five fingers for marseilles is a 2017 south african western thriller film directed by michael matthews. Matthews reaffirms what sergio leone identified the western doesn. The film was a product of a government film subsidy that saw many movies ostensibly made by white filmmakers for black audiences, between. South african western five fingers for marseilles lands. Five fingers for marseilles director michael matthews and writer sean drummond. This movie was able to capture the reality that has taken over south africa in a way that is beautiful without romanticizing the tragedy of it all. Five fingers for marseilles hits toronto international. The films screenwriter and producer sean drummond told us why a fresh. Five fingers for marseilles why you need to watch this movie. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Now dubbed the ghost, the seemingly invincible crime boss aims to wreak havoc on deceptively liberated towns in postapartheid south africa.
South african western five fingers for marseilles cleans. Lauded by the new york times as stylish and entertaining, five fingers is a powerful cinematic celebration of an enduring genre. Modernday south african western five fingers for marseilles premieres this week at the toronto international film festival. Five fingers for marseilles is a welltold western set.
A feature film directorial debut for matthews, whose eyecatching short film sweetheart demonstrated his knack for creating another world, five fingers for marseilles is a longawaited passion project. Despite embracing the tropes one associates with the western, michael matthews five fingers of marseilles transpires in an atypical locale. Five fingers for marseilles brings the spaghetti western to south africa, with stylishly. Sas five fingers for marseilles to hit american cinemas. Five fingers for marseilles is distributed in south africa by indigenous film distribution. South african western five fingers for marseilles is both. But it quickly becomes clear to tau that marseilles is caught in the grip of a vicious new threat and he must reconstitute the five fingers to fight frontier justice.
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The makers of five fingers for marseilles on creating a south african western years in the making. Directed by michael matthews, the hit film won five awards, including best film, achievement in production design, achievement in cinematography, best film in an african language and best. Its a sotho shane, brutally beautiful and iconic, fraught with. The film had ten producers, including actor laurence fishburne, who stars in it alongside ryan phillippe, gina torres, touriya haoud, said taghmaoui and colm meaney. Shop fivefinger shoes by vibram and engage the natural motion of your bare foot with the ultimate minimalist footwear.
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South africa s five fingers for marseilles is set to premiere in u. The filmmaking duo behind five fingers for marseilles discuss the decadelong journey of bringing south africa s first western to the screen. Uncorkd entertainment has debuted a bloody new red band trailer for the south african action western film five fingers for marseilles, which first premiered. This south african film is a westerninspired tale of an outlaw who returns home after years on the run, and finds a chance for redemption. Sounds unlikely, but five fingers for marseilles has already received critical acclaim at major festivals in london and. Five fingers for marseilles new full trailer south african neo. Twenty years ago, the young five fingers fought for the rural town of marseilles, against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, freedomfighterturnedoutlaw tau returns to marseilles, seeking only a peaceful pastoral life. Sep, 2018 a methodical neowestern set in modernday south africa, five fingers for marseilles crackles with energy as it wends its way toward an explosive conclusion. Filmmaker jessie zinn on telling truthful and sincere stories.
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A methodical neowestern set in modernday south africa, five fingers for marseilles crackles with energy as it wends its way toward an explosive conclusion. Five fingers for marseilles sas ghostly western shoots high daily maverick, 11 april 2018. Five fingers was filmed in the netherlands, morocco, and. I am a producer of this content and i am contributing more to the value of this content as a producer and director. Five fingers for marseilles is uniquely south african but. Five fingers for marseilles is uniquely south african. Financing a film that has an allsouth african cast was a. A vibram fivefingers experience you are the technology youtube. A gunslinging western, in sotho, shot in smalltown south africa. The gritty contemporary western broke south african box office records over its opening weekend, earning over half a million rand and leaving the competition in the dust. It sees tau returns to his hometown of marseilles after 20 years, only to find it and some of his former friends in the.
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