1988 · crime · drama · south-african
Mapantsula
Directed by Oliver Schmitz1h 44m1988
A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
Our read: Mapantsula (1988) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama · south-african entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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