This movie wove together the story of three people from small towns in South Africa who came to Johannesburg by train to accomplish a task: deliver a young child to her mother, find a job, bring the body of a dead father back to his home town for burial. Each of these people encounters serious problems in Johannesburg, which obviously is a very, very tough city, especially for young and naive people from the countryside.
I didn't get to see more than 3/4s of this film because I had to leave to be present for the screening of my own work (Masters of Rhythm), and it is a tribute to the filmmaker that it was really, really hard to get up and walk out. I still want to know how each story ends.
And it was obvious that each story would intersect. This was skillfully done.
The characters were believable, the situations they got in were believable, it was well acted.
If you get the chance, go see it. I certainly will - then I'll get to find out the ending!
(Next up: Triangle: Going to America)
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