U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
South Africa 2004

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 Africas biggest townships: Khayelitsha. A European opera sung in Xhosa.