Breathe Umphefumlo
Synopsis
'Breathe Umphefumlo' sees director Mark Dornford-May (U-Carmen eKhayelitsha) reunited with singer Pauline Malefane and the Isango Ensemble.
Berlinale 2015, Berlinale Special - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Director
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Mark Dornford-May
- Producer
- Mark Dornford-May, Vlokkie Gordon
- Co-Producer
- Christoph Bauer, Felix Blum, Florian Caspar Seibel (aka Richter)
- Executive Producer
- Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
- Editor
- Tanja Hagen
- Screenwriter
- Mark Dornford-May, Pauline Malefane (based on La Bohème Librettos by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa))
- Director of Photography
- Matthys Mocke
- Production Designer
- Birrie Le Roux
- Composer
- Mandisi Dyantyis, Pauline Malefane (Based on La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini)
- Principal cast
- Pauline Malefane, Mhlekazi (Wha Wha) Mosiea, Busisiwe Ngejane, Sifiso Lupuzi, Luvo Rasemeni
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
South Africa, UK, Germany coproduction
ARTE (DE), Advantage Entertainment (ZA), Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) (UK), Isango Ensemble (ZA), Propeller Film (DE), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (DE)
Film & Music Entertainment Ltd. (F&ME)
Unit 25Archer Street Studios
10/11 Archer Street
London W1D 7AZ
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