U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

South Africa 2004

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha

Director: Mark Dornford-May
Fiction, 120 min.
Xhosa spoken
Dutch subtitles


Winner best film award Berlin Film Festival 2005. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is an adaptation of Bizetīs famous opera Carmen. This tantalising story about love, jealousy, revenge and obsession will have you on the edge of your seat. This time the tragic love story is set against the background of one
of South Africa’s biggest townships: Khayelitsha. A European opera sung in Xhosa.

Film schedule


City   Location   Date   Time  
Assen   Openlucht Theater Tivoli   31-08-2007   21:00    
Amsterdam   Kwakersplein, Oud-West   02-09-2007   21:00