Five Fingers for Marseilles | |
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Directed by | Michael Matthews |
Screenplay by | Sean Drummond |
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Starring | Vuyo Dabula Kenneth Nkosi Zethu Dlomo |
Cinematography | Shaun Harley Lee |
Edited by | Daniel Mitchell |
Music by | James Matthes |
Production companies | Game 7 Films Be Phat Motel Company |
Distributed by | Indigenous Film Distribution |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | South Africa |
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Five Fingers for Marseilles is a 2017 South African Neo-Western thriller film written by Sean Drummond and directed by Michael Matthews. [1] It stars Vuyo Dabula, Zethu Dlomo, Kenneth Nkosi, Dean Fourie, Jerry Mofokeng and Warren Masemola, It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]
A member of The Five Fingers returns to colonial Marseilles after fleeing a police aggression about two decades ago, and finds his town under a new threat.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. [3]
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