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The World Unseen(Movie, 2007)

1h 34min | Genres: Romance / Love, Drama
The World UnseenRating: 3.7/5 (with 4040 votes)
The World Unseen is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth as two Indian South African women who fall in love in a racist, sexist, and homophobic society. Ray and Sheth also star together in another Shamim Sarif movie, I Can't Think Straight, released in November 2008. The World Unseen was made with the assistance of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, which took a minority equity stake in the film. ()
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About The World Unseen

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

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Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), South Africa
Plays in: South Africa
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 11 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/15/2009 (World premiere: 09/09/2007)
Director: Shamim Sarif
Producer: Hanan Kattan
Screenwriter: Shamim Sarif
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Die verborgene Welt"
"Az eszrevetlen vilag"
"あかね色のケープタウン"
"Niewidzialny swiat"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:195025, Added: 04/24/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024