Catch a Fire

"The spark that ignites us, unites us."

Oct 27 2006 PG-13 1h 41m
Biography, Drama, History

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.

Plot

A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

Written by

Shawn Slovo

Directed by

Phillip Noyce

Cast

Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli

Crew

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Production Countries

France, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa

Production Companies

Mirage Enterprises, Working Title Films, StudioCanal

Languages

English, isiZulu, Afrikaans

Awards

2 wins & 14 nominations total

Trailers
Catch a Fire Official Trailer #1 - Tim Robbins Movie (2006) HD
Scores
# of Votes
11,165
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
62
Popularity
NA