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Catch a Fire

Partially based on true events, this story is set in the Apartheid-era South Africa. In essence the tale of two men, one a black foreman at a chemical plant, the other a police interrogator, who end up on opposite sides when the black is suspected of causing a blast at the factory. Eventually he is released, but is so upset at the treatment he received from the police that he joins the ANC underground movement and starts training for explosives work. The cop, meanwhile, is still after him, trying to prevent him from doing anything dangerous.

100 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence)
Biographical, Drama, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha, Sithembiso Khumalo
Director	Phillip Noyce
Screenplay	Shawn Slovo
Music	Philip Miller
Cinematography	Ron Fortunato, Garry Phillips
Editing	Jill Bilcock
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2006
Produced by	Mirage Enterprises, Moonlighting Films South Africa, Studio Canal, Working Title Films
SA Distributor	UIP

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Trailer: Medium

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Historical
Language	Infrequently strong
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild, infrequent sexual innuendo
Violence	Strong, frequent, not explicit, bloody
Prejudice	Prejudicial language is used
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	This is the true story of Patrick Chummaso, a terrorist freedom fighter in South Africa in 1980. The theme is very disturbing and shocking. The focus is on the human rights violations inflicted by the security forces on suspects, showing how they were humiliated and tortured and physically and psychologically abused. Emotionally disturbing, the movie is not for sensitive viewers.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerGabriël Botma	10
Cape TimesJessica Reaves	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	12
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
Box Office (USA)Tim Cogshell	10
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
ScreenIt (USA)	13
Internet (IMDB)699 Netizens	13

Average .. 59%	11

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