South Africa at the Movies - Invictus
La Fête de la Francophonie
South African Consulate-General, HKSAR/ MSAR
- Thu 26-06-2014 7:30 PM - 2 h 13 m
Nove at the Fringe
Free admission
Interested parties can email to Yane@dirco.gov.za and provide your name, contact no. email address and movie name for registration.
Synopsis
Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in that country following the dismantling of apartheid. Freeman and Damon play, respectively, South African President Nelson Mandela and François Pienaar, the captain of the South Africa rugby union team, the Springboks.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Running time: 133 minutes
Country: United States and South Africa
Free Admission
Interested parties can email to Yane@dirco.gov.za and provide your name, contact no. email address and movie name for registration.
Not suitable for people under 8 years of age
