“Catch a Fire”

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Based on the true-story of Patrick Chamusso, a South African oil refinery foreman who was unfairly arrested as a suspect when the refinery was sabotaged. Imprisoned with his wife and family, tortured and brutalized, Patrick soon turned into the political rebel he was accused of being. He went undercover, working for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress until caught and imprisoned on Robben Island for a decade., Based on the true-story of Patrick Chamusso, a South African oil refinery foreman who was unfairly arrested as a suspect when the refinery was sabotaged., An apolitical South African oil-refinery worker and soccer coach is forced into terrorism as a means of fighting back against the brutality of the apartheid regime in director Phillip Noyce’s dramatic look at the life of one-time political prisoner and freedom fighter Patrick Chamusso. In the 1980s, Patrick (Derek Luke) and his wife Precious (Bonnie Henna) lived a peaceful life until one fateful day, when on an overnight trip with his team, Patrick is singled out as the prime suspect in a bombing at the refinery. Placed in solitary confinement, with his wife and family brutalized by government agent Nic Vos (Tim Robbins), the young family man is eventually cleared of charges, but his life is in shambles. Devastated and distraught, Patrick soon begins working as a rebel fighter and political operative for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress. As the oppressed country’s powerful apartheid regime continues to torture and torment its citizens, the now-radicalized Patrick must disappear from his family without a trace and go undercover if he is to aid in toppling the system that destroyed his family, and forever changed his outlook on the world., Patrick, a chemical factory worker in Apartheid South Africa, becomes an ANC activist after unfair treatment at the hands of the authorities. But the police are on his tail., Family man and refinery worker Patrick Chamusso is wrongly suspected of working for the ANC and is tortured by the authorities, pushing him to turn to terrorism to take revenge., Derek Luke gives an astounding performance in this intense and involving fact-based political thriller set in 1980s South Africa. Luke plays an oil-refinery worker, unjustly arrested and tortured as a terrorist, who turns anti-apartheid revolutionary with a righteous vengeance. Tim Robbins’ portrayal of a police official is a picture of subtle evil. Bonnie Henna. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Screenwriter Shawn Slovo’s white parents both served as anti-apartheid activists in South Africa., An involving fact-based political thriller set in 1980s South Africa, where a black man, after being unjustly arrested, turns anti-apartheid revolutionary.

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Q: Who are the main cast members in “Catch a Fire ” ?
A: The main cast includes Tim Robbins,Derek Luke,Bonnie Henna,Mncedisi Shabangu,Tumisho K. Masha,Sithembiso Khumalo,Terry Pheto,Michele Burgers,Mpho Lovinga,Mxo,Jessica Anstey,Charlotte Savage,Nomhlé Nkyonyeni,Michael Mabizela,Eduan Van Jaarsvelt,Robert Hobbs,Onthatile Ramasodi,Ziizi Mahlati,Malcolm Purkey,Robyn Slovo,Bubu Mazibuko,Harriet Manamela,Harriet Lenabe,Susan Danford,Anthony Bishop,Marius Weyers,Martin Le Maitre,Carel Trichardt,Lennox Mathabathe,Kgosi Mongake,Ian Roussouw,Anrich Herbst,Brandon Auret,Jet Novuka,David Tomahole,Mpho Osei Tutu,Dan Robbertse,Waldemar Schultz,Jonathan Pienaar,Grant Brett Swanby,Michael Phillip,Johnny Breedt,Peter Miller,Garry Phillips,Andrew Plain,Debra Hayward,Roger Savage,Ron Fortunato,Eran Tahor,Miranda Culley,Susie Figgis,Matthys Mocke,Shira Hockman,Shawn Slovo,Liza Chasin,Jill Bilcock,Sydney Pollack.

Q: When Did the “Catch a Fire” Released?
A: The Movie “Catch a Fire” originally aired on 2006-10-27 and released in the year of 2006.

Q: What Languages are available to watch “Catch a Fire” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.

Q: Where to watch “Catch a Fire” ?
A: “Catch a Fire” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.

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