
Fatherless and raised by his grandmother, thirteen year old Ricardo Galam lives in South Africa's Cape Flats, a unique and volatile sub culture dominated by two Number gangs, the 26 and 28. Ricardo's future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. Unknown to Ricardo, the father he's never known has been released from prison. Farakhan, a reformed general in the 28, is back in his old neighbourh... (Full plot summary below)
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Fatherless and raised by his grandmother, thirteen year old Ricardo Galam lives in South Africa's Cape Flats, a unique and volatile sub culture dominated by two Number gangs, the 26 and 28. Ricardo's future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. Unknown to Ricardo, the father he's never known has been released from prison. Farakhan, a reformed general in the 28, is back in his old neighbourhood, an intruder in 26 territory. In a story that is at times raw and violent at other times touching and true. FOUR CORNERS is a gripping drama set against the backdrop of a gang war in Cape Town which has been raging for a 100 years; a little known fact.
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| Time OutTom HuddlestonThis reboot of the Marvel superhero franchise is a film of two halves: the first likeable and fun, the second tiresome and loud. |
| Playback:stlSarah Boslaugh...tells a gripping story with lots of action, with location shooting by Vicci Turpin (on some streets that it's a good bet you will never see in real life-even the cops don't want to go there) and music by Markus Wormstorm are both real pluses... |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonCompelling and powerfully played, but sometimes fussily flashy. |
| GuardianLeslie FelperinGabriel has mastered the street-style rulebook as written by films such as City of God and Amores Perros, and has transposed the tricks effectively to this relatively little-seen setting, but he doesn't have much new to add to the mix. |
| CineVueBen NicholsonRevelations thus never pack the punch they should and the endgame lacks the electricity that the performances might have generated. |
| indieWireCarlos AguilarDirector Ian Gabriel manages to imbue the genre with genuine freshness while maintaining thematic elements unique to his national sensitivities. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeEach character is defined by a distinct narrative drawn from Hollywood cinema...the languages, gestures, manners, thinking, and appearance of the characters are clearly South African, but they are in narrative modes that are clearly American. |
| User ReviewReney Wchess prodigy gets caught up in this tough to watch south African drama |