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Five fingers for Marseilles

15 yrs 120 minutes 2017 6.1

In his youth, Tau and his friends swore to stand up against the apartheid regime and protect their city from oppression. They often end up in trouble with the police, but when one of the friends is arrested, Tau goes too far in his attempt to free his mate. Tau leaves the city and returns 20 years later after being in jail for an armed robbery. Intending to change his criminal lifestyle, he is now put against, like a western's lawless anti-hero, a transformed city that might be spared of the apartheid regime but whose current power-holders proved to be just as destructive...

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Category: Feature film
Genre: Drama, thriller, western
Director: Michael Matthews
Actor: Zethu Dlomo, Garth Breytenbach, Anthony Oseyemi
Country: South Africa
Language: Xhosa