Project Detail

Catch A Fire

Synopsis

Derek Luke portrays real-life hero Patrick Chamusso. Completely apolitical whilst toeing the hard line imposed on blacks by apartheid, Patrick is a family man, he and his wife Precious (Bonnie Henna), have two young daughters and he coaches a local boys’ soccer team in his spare time. Patrick’s job is as the foreman at the centrally located Secunda oil refinery, a symbol of South Africa’s self-sufficiency at a time when the world was protesting the country’s oppressive apartheid system.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Features
Running time: tbc
Format: 35mm
Director: Phillip Noyce
Producer: Sydney Pollack, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin
Editor: Jill Bilcock
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Director of Photography: Ron Fortunato ASC, Garry Phillips
Production Designer: Johnny Breedt
Principal cast: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna
Costume Designer: Reza Levy

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Working Title Films

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