Catch A Fire

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: October 27th, 2006

Starring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli  

Directed by: Phillip Noyce  (The Quiet American; Rabbit-Proof Fence)

Premise: A political thriller based on the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso that spans from South Africa's turbulent and divided years in the 1980s to the present day. Patrick is an oil refinery employee and soccer player who is apolitical--until he and his wife are brutalized by government-sanctioned terror squads. Shocked into action, Patrick reorients his sense of self and purpose. Even as policeman Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the lives of Patrick and his family, Patrick becomes a rebel fighter and political operative, staging daring solo attacks against the brutal apartheid regime. Change must and will come, not only for South Africa but also for Patrick, Nic, and those closest to them.