The Wooden Camera (2003)

6	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Release date : 28 July 2004

Drama (1), 2003 (1), South Africa (1), World Cinema (1), SBS (1)

Description

Two 14-year-old boys, Madiba and Sipho, are playing on the railway line that runs around the Khayelitsha township in South Africa when a body is hurled from a passing train. Inside the dead guy's luggage the kids find a gun and a video camera. Sipho takes the revolver and Madiba the camera, which he hides inside a wooden box to avoid being asked ab ... (more)

Directed by

Ntshaveni Wa Luruli

Starring (View all) :

Madiba

Estelle

Sipho

Louise

Benny

TV Reporter

Servant

Madiba's Mother

Mr. Shawn

Madiba's Father

Written by (View all) :

Yves Buclet

written by

Peter Speyer

co-writer

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Raven

The Wooden Camera

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 29 22:15

Predictable. Such a shame really but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad film. Just not surprising. Actually it entertained me enough to watch the whole thing and I have to admit I wasn't completely sure how it would turn out. I think that was mainly because I didn't expect them to do what they did, seeing as the characters were so young. The acting however was on the mediocre side although Junior Singo (Madiba) was adorable so I guess that made up for the very annoying and bad acting from Dana de Agrella (Estelle). I do feel that this movie could have gone in a different direction and possibly a better one (a less predictable one anyway) but like I mentioned before. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad film. I should also add that just because this movie is South African doesn'...Read more

Rating : 6/10

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