Set against the backdrop of a 100-year-old gang war, a fatherless thirteen year old boy has been raised by his grandmother on the Cape Flats. Life here is dominated by the 26 and 28 gangs. His future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. When the father he's never known is released from prison, things get complicated as dad is a reformed general in the 28, and is now back in his old neighbourhood, which is 26 territory. In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.
112 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse) Crime, Thriller, South African.
Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language film, Four Corners gives a vivid and realistic portrayal of the plight of the ravaged gang lands of the Cape Flats. However, positive storyline with anti-gang pro-social messages, in this coming of age film with positive resolutions.
