Number 37
This singularly crafty and strikingly well-made Hitchcockian thriller announces the arrival of a promising filmmaking talent.
Number 37
In this Hitchcock homage, Randall is a low-level criminal recently crippled in an illicit deal gone wrong. Cooped up in his apartment in a rough Cape Town neighborhood, he is heavily indebted to a loan shark named Emmie with the clock ticking for him and his girlfriend Pam to pay the money back. A gift of a pair of binoculars presents him with an opportunity to get his hands on the cash, but at great risk.
"A brutal, gritty remix." - No Film School
"South African writer-director Nosipho Dumisa takes the premise of one of her favorite films, Alfred Hitchcock's voyeuristic man-in-a-wheelchair thriller Rear Window, and gives it a grittier, much more sanguine spin in her debut feature." - The Hollywood Reporter
"A brutal, gritty remix." - No Film School
"South African writer-director Nosipho Dumisa takes the premise of one of her favorite films, Alfred Hitchcock's voyeuristic man-in-a-wheelchair thriller Rear Window, and gives it a grittier, much more sanguine spin in her debut feature." - The Hollywood Reporter
Genre
Thriller,
Crime
Runtime
100
Language
Afrikaans
Director
Nosipho Dumisa
Writer(s)
Nosipho Dumisa,
Daryne Joshua
Cast
Irshaad Ally,
Monique Rockman
Awards:
Nominee, SXSW Gamechanger Award, South by Southwest
FEATURED REVIEW
Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film
When it comes to acquired disability, the first six months are the most difficult. Randal (Irshaad Ally) goes through the usual stages - struggling to take in the reality of it, believing that his useful life has come to an end, begging his girlfriend Alicia (Amrain Ismail-Essop) to leave. Luckily ...
Played at
Glendale 11.02.18 - 11.08.18
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