Cape of Good Hope (film)

The Cape of Good Hope
Directed by	Mark Bamford
Written by	Mark Bamford Suzanne Kay
Starring	Debbie Brown Eriq Ebouaney Nthati Moshesh
Cinematography	Larry Fong
Release date	2004 (2004)
Running time	107 mins
Countries	South Africa United States
Languages	Afrikaans English Xhosa

The Cape of Good Hope is a 2004 South African comedy drama film written and produced by Suzanne Kay and Mark Bamford under the direction of Mark Bamford. It was Mark Bamford's first feature film after his critically praised short, Hero (2001).

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.

Plot

Afrikaner Kate runs a Cape Town animal shelter, is involved with a married man, and is oblivious to the romantic attentions of Morne, a local veterinarian. The shelter's East Indian receptionist Sharifa is desperately struggling to have a child with her husband. Meanwhile, Congolese handyman Jean Claude finds himself torn between his growing love for a black South African single mother and his dreams of emigrating to Canada.

Cast

• Debbie Brown as Kate
• Eriq Ebouaney as Jean Claude
• Nthati Moshesh as Lindiwe
• Morne Visser as Morne
• Quanita Adams as Sharifa
• David Isaacs as Habib
• Kamo Masilo as Thabo
• Nick Boraine as Stephen van Heern
• Gideon Emery as Miles

Awards

• Austin Film Festival, 2004 – Won, Audience award: Best Narrative Feature-Undistributed; Mark Bamford
• Austin Film Festival, 2004 – Won, Feature Film Award: Best Narrative Feature; Mark Bamford
• National Board of Review, USA, 2005 – Won, Special Recognition: For Excellence on Filmmaking
• Image Awards, 2006 – Nominated, Image Award: Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film

External links

• Cape of Good Hope at IMDb