Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

2006
1h 41min

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.

Catch a Fire

Storyline

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.
    Released
    27 October 2006
    Runtime
    1h 41min
    Director
    Budget
    $14,000,000
    Revenue
    $5,700,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Working Title Films, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal
Cast
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