Movie No. 4 (2015): WHITE WEDDING
White Wedding (2009)
Director: Jann Turner
Cast: Kenneth Nkosi, Jodie Whittaker, Rapulana Seiphemo
In Afrikaan, Setswana, and English, with English subtitles
Elvis is going from Johannesburg to Cape Town, which is 1800 kilometers away, for his wedding. But his first stop is Durban, which is not far, to meet his best friend, who will drive him to Cape Town. His best friend is no-show at the bus station. Fast forward: they meet, anyway, and the long road trip begins. Along the way, unexpected things happen, as expected: confusing road signs, a white English tourist hitch-hiker, a goat named George, the fluctuating phone signals, a minor car crash, a bar full of white people, et cetera. The bride is becoming impatient; the trip is taking too long. An ex-boyfriend shows up. The whole town prepares for the wedding. And the groom is still in transit, lost.
Director: Jann Turner
Cast: Kenneth Nkosi, Jodie Whittaker, Rapulana Seiphemo
In Afrikaan, Setswana, and English, with English subtitles
Elvis is going from Johannesburg to Cape Town, which is 1800 kilometers away, for his wedding. But his first stop is Durban, which is not far, to meet his best friend, who will drive him to Cape Town. His best friend is no-show at the bus station. Fast forward: they meet, anyway, and the long road trip begins. Along the way, unexpected things happen, as expected: confusing road signs, a white English tourist hitch-hiker, a goat named George, the fluctuating phone signals, a minor car crash, a bar full of white people, et cetera. The bride is becoming impatient; the trip is taking too long. An ex-boyfriend shows up. The whole town prepares for the wedding. And the groom is still in transit, lost.
I think I enjoyed the romance-comedy setting, although, in my opinion, the movie is more of the dissection of the dynamics of friendship and relationships, which is common to road-trip movies. I'm not sure if the post-Apartheid tension inserted in the narrative is contrived or contributory to making the movie socially relevant.
Rating: 3.0/4.0
Date seen: January 2, 2105
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