HIJACK STORIES
synopsis
This South African movie takes a close-up look at car hijacking and life in the townships in general. A struggling young actor is up for a role in a gangster movie, but he lacks ''street cred''. So to improve his chances, he heads back to the townships, where he hooks up with an old childhood friend, now the boss of a carjacking gang. The two friends start working together, but as the actor gets deeper into crime, he finds it harder to keep his life on track. His gang boss friend, meanwhile, sees an opportunity to change his own life for the better...
original title: | Hijack Stories |
country: | Germany, France, United Kingdom, South Africa |
sales agent: | UGC International |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Oliver Schmitz |
film run: | 94' |
release date: | FR 04/07/2001, UK 19/07/2002 |
screenplay: | Oliver Schmitz, Lesego Rampolokeng |
cast: | Tony Kgoroge, Rapolana Seiphemo, Moshidi Motshegwa |
cinematography by: | Michel Amathieu |
film editing: | Oliver Schmitz, Derek Trigg |
art director: | Carmel Collins |
costumes designer: | Nadia Kruger |
music: | Martin Todsharow |
producer: | Philippe Guez, Christophe Meyer, Nadine Marsh-Edwards |
production: | Schlemmer Film/CMV Film Company, Septième Production, Paradis Films, Sky Pictures, BSkyB, Filmbüro NW, Xenos Pictures (ZA) |
backing: | Deutsche Bank, British Screen Productions |
distributor: | UGC Distribution |