

The spark that ignites us, unites us.
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.
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The film's tagline is: "The spark that ignites us, unites us."
The film had a budget of $14.0M but only grossed $5.7M, losing $8.3M at the box office.
The runtime is 101 minutes (1h 41m).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu.
It was a co-production between: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
The film was directed by Phillip Noyce.
The screenplay was written by Shawn Slovo.
The score was composed by Philip Miller.
Cinematography was handled by Ron Fortunato.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0437232.

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Average
144 votes
Catch a Fire
Released
PG-13
English, Afrikaans, isiZulu
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
$14,000,000
$5,700,000


