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Friends is a 1993 South African drama film directed by Elaine Proctor. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won an award for Caméra d'Or Special Distinction. The film is set during apartheid in Johannesburg and follows three friends who each represent a different faction of South African society. Plot Three young women live together in apartheid-era Johannesburg, with each of them dealing with apartheid in different ways. Thoko, a Black woman, works as a schoolteacher and practices non-violent passive resistance. Aninka, an Afrikaner, is an archeologist who rejects her family’s pro-apartheid politics. Sophie, who is from a white British family, is a librarian but secretly belongs to an anti-apartheid terrorist organization. Sophie plants bombs in public places on behalf of the organization. One day, a bomb she leaves at an airport explodes and kills innocent bystanders, including an elderly Black woman. The tragic incident fractures the women’s friendships and loyalties. Cast Kerry Fox as Sophie Dambisa Kente as Thoko Michele Burgers as Aninka Marius Weyers as Johan Tertius Meintjes as Jeremy Dolly Rathebe as Innocentia Wilma Stockenström as Iris Carel Trichardt as Rheinhart Anne Curteis as Sophie's mother Ralph Draper as Sophie's father Mary Twala as Grace Maphiki Mabohi as Daphne Job Kubatsi as Maurondile Vanessa Cooke as Prison's warden Jerry Mofokeng as Thomi Trevi Jean Le Pere as Jeremy's lover Reception David Stratton of Variety wrote "The tense, divided realities of life in contemporary South Africa are vividly brought to the screen in 'Friends,' a provocative pic from first-time writer-director Elaine Proctor. Despite intriguing characters and good performances, however, the film is saddled with a schematic screenplay that leaves many questions unanswered and problems unaddressed." Stratton contended though the screenplay has "many rough edges and contrivances", Friends "is so well-acted that the occasional flaws can be easily overlooked." He concluded "Proctor’s depiction of the uneasy atmosphere of Johannesburg between 1985 and 1990 is so vivid that audiences should be completely caught up in the drama."

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Friends: American sitcom (1994–2004) · 1968 album by the Beach Boys · South Korean-Japanese television miniseries · 1971 film directed by Lewis Gilbert

Overview

Friends is a 1993 South African drama film directed by Elaine Proctor. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won an award for Caméra d'Or Special Distinction. The film is set during apartheid in Johannesburg and follows three friends who each represent a different faction of South African society. Plot Three young women live together in apartheid-era Johannesburg, with each of them dealing with apartheid in different ways. Thoko, a Black woman, works as a schoolteacher and practices non-violent passive resistance. Aninka, an Afrikaner, is an archeologist who rejects her family’s pro-apartheid politics. Sophie, who is from a white British family, is a librarian but secretly belongs to an anti-apartheid terrorist organization. Sophie plants bombs in public places on behalf of the organization. One day, a bomb she leaves at an airport explodes and kills innocent bystanders, including an elderly Black woman. The tragic incident fractures the women’s friendships and loyalties. Cast Kerry Fox as Sophie Dambisa Kente as Thoko Michele Burgers as Aninka Marius Weyers as Johan Tertius Meintjes as Jeremy Dolly Rathebe as Innocentia Wilma Stockenström as Iris Carel Trichardt as Rheinhart Anne Curteis as Sophie's mother Ralph Draper as Sophie's father Mary Twala as Grace Maphiki Mabohi as Daphne Job Kubatsi as Maurondile Vanessa Cooke as Prison's warden Jerry Mofokeng as Thomi Trevi Jean Le Pere as Jeremy's lover Reception David Stratton of Variety wrote "The tense, divided realities of life in contemporary South Africa are vividly brought to the screen in 'Friends,' a provocative pic from first-time writer-director Elaine Proctor. Despite intriguing characters and good performances, however, the film is saddled with a schematic screenplay that leaves many questions unanswered and problems unaddressed." Stratton contended though the screenplay has "many rough edges and contrivances", Friends "is so well-acted that the occasional flaws can be easily overlooked." He concluded "Proctor’s depiction of the uneasy atmosphere of Johannesburg between 1985 and 1990 is so vivid that audiences should be completely caught up in the drama."

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).