Four Corners (film)

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Four Corners
Directed by Ian Gabriel
Written byHofmeyr Scholtz
Screenplay byHofmeyr Scholtz
Terence Hammond
Story byHofmeyr Scholtz
Ian Gabriel
Produced byCindy Gabriel
Genevieve Hofmeyr
StarringBrendon Daniels
Lindiwe Matshikiz
CinematographyVicci Turpin
Edited byRonelle Loots
Distributed byIndigenous Films
Release date
  • 23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguagesAfrikaans
English

Four Corners is a 2013 South African coming of age crime drama film about family lost and regained, directed by Ian Gabriel. The film was selected as the official South African Submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, [1] [2] but was never nominated for an award. It did, however, win Best Narrative Feature at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival in 2014.

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Plot

The film is a crime drama that follows multiple characters as they wrestle with problems caused by their troubled pasts and the uncertainty of their present lives, all set within the context of Cape Town, South Africa, an area overrun by instability and gang violence. Farakhan (Brendon Daniels) is a man recently released after spending thirteen years in South Africa's toughest prison, Pollsmoor. Although he simply wants to live in peace, he is unable to remain unaffected by the turbulence of the world around him. Ricardo (Jezriel Skei), a thirteen-year-old boy, is caught between two worlds - the world of chess, in which he exhibits extraordinary abilities, and the world of street living, in which he finds himself drawn to the magnetic presence of his friend and gang-leader Gasant (Irshaad Ally). Ricardo's only father-figure is a cop, Tito Hanekom (Abduragman Adams), who is consumed with tracking down a serial killer responsible for the disappearance of a number of young boys from the area. London-trained doctor, Leila Domingo (Lindiwe Matshikiza), arrives in Cape Town for the funeral of her estranged father. Uncertain about the direction her life should take, Leila's path becomes increasingly intertwined with Farakhan's after she realizes he was the boy she grew up with as a child. [3]

Release

Four Corners was screened on a limited release for one week in 2013 at The Bioscope Cinema in Johannesburg, 23–29 September. The general South African theatrical release is scheduled for 28 March 2014.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5.86/10. [4]

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References

  1. Vivarelli, Nick (20 September 2013). "South Africa Picks 'Four Corners' for Oscar". Variety . Penske Business Media . Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. "Four Corners selected as SA representation for the 86th Oscars". Film Contact. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. (no author) (30 October 2013). "The Story" (Web page). fourcornersthemovie.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.{{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  4. "Four Corners (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 4 September 2019.