Movie
The World Unseen
Overview
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-09-09
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Enlightenment Productions, Enlightenment Films, Do Productions, The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa
- Country
- South Africa, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lisa Ray as Miriam
- Sheetal Sheth as Amina Harjan
- Parvin Dabas as Omar
- Nandana Sen as Rehmat
- Grethe Fox as Madeleine Smith
- David Dennis as Jacob
- Colin Moss as De Witt
- Natalie Becker as Farah
- Bernard White as Mr. Harjan
- Rajesh Gopie as Sadru
- Avantika Akerkar as Mrs. Hajan
- Amber Rose Revah as Begum
Crew
- Shamim Sarif - Director
- Shamim Sarif - Writer
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