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Fools
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DirectorRamadan Suleman
Runtime1h 30m
Release1997-09-02
Film

Fools

1997· 1h 30m

Charterston Township 1990. Professor Zamani is respected in the township. To be sure, he once raped one of his students but the community turned a blind eye. Zamani used to rail against the apartheid system but those days are long gone. Now he teaches South African history in the Afrikaner language and grudgingly organizes the picnic for National Day, which commemorates the Boers' massacre of the Zulu nation... When Zani, the rape victim's brother, returns from Swaziland where he won a place in school, he is determined to change everything. In the small hours, in the waiting room at Johannesburg station, he runs into Prof. Zamani, who's spent the night on the town. They travel back together to the harsh reality of the township. In due course, Zamani regains some of his pride and Zani, inevitably, loses some of his...under the gaze of the women, who never renounced their dignity.

1997-09-02
Fools

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Director of PhotographyJacques Bouquin
Full cast & crew (7 cast · 12 crew)

Details

Released1997-09-02
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased
StudiosJBA Production · Natives at Large · Ébano Multimédia
LanguagesAfrikaans · English · Zulu
CountriesSouth Africa · France
Rating9.0/10 · 1 votes
Original languageen

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