Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

The spark that ignites us, unites us.

6.3
IMDb6.7
🍅75%
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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.

💰Box Office$4,299,773
🏆Awards2 wins & 14 nominations total

Cast

Tim RobbinsTim RobbinsNic Vos
Derek LukeDerek LukePatrick Chamusso
Bonnie MbuliBonnie MbuliPrecious Chamusso
Mncedisi ShabanguMncedisi ShabanguZuko September
Tumisho MashaTumisho MashaObadi
Sithembiso KhumaloSixpence
Terry PhetoTerry PhetoMiriam
Michele BurgersMichele BurgersAnna Vos
Mpho LovingaJohnny Piliso
Jay AnsteyJay AnsteyKatie Vos
Charlotte SavageMarie Vos
Nomhlé NkyonyeniMama Dorothy

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DirectorPhillip Noyce

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Details

Release DateOctober 27, 2006
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue$5,700,000
LanguagesEnglish, Afrikaans, Zulu
StudiosWorking Title Films, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal
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