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Catch a Fire
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67/100
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 75.
See the most agreed on films →The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Details
- Director
- Phillip Noyce
- Writer
- Shawn Slovo
- Studio
- Working Title, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal
- Released
- 27 October 2006
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $5.7M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →0 wins from 3 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Black Reel Award 2007 | Best Actor | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Award 2007 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Satellite Award 2006 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | Nominee |
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3 awards — Catch a Fire
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| Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture | Nominee |