Duma reminded me of one of my favorite books โRules of the Bone โ. It is a movie about friendship between a boy living in South Africa and a cheetah named Duma. At first the story line may seem a bit simple, but then you will notice all the serous issues Duma deals with. The role of the young Xan is played by Alexander Michaeletos โ he has really cute English accent which made me seek some more information about him. I found out that he is leaving in a farm in South Africa like the character he plays so well in the movie โ real you can almost sense his feelings and fears. Duma is also a fine example of a coming out of age movie โ I would like to quote some of the dialogue:
" Change, yeah. Thatโs what happens. All the time.
The little boy that left homeโฆโฆis not the little boy that is with me now, eh?
See? Change.
"
Duma is a movie you would enjoy watching with your younger friends and relatives โ they will like it and learn many things from it.
The cinematography is brilliants โyou will enjoy the beautiful nature scenes or the animal scenes โ I almost felt like I was watching a documentary about animals at times โ so believable were those scenes.