Beauty

Skoonheid

South Africa, France, Germany

2011

99 Min

Color

2.35:1

Afrikaans, English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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EXEC Marvin Saven, Genevieve Hofmeyr

SCR Oliver Hermanus, Didier Costet

CAST Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott, Albert Maritz, Roeline Daneel, Sue Diepeveen, Drikus Volschenk, Morne Visser, Leon Kruger, Jeroen Kranenburg

ED Oliver Hermanus, Amy Daneel, Willem Grobler

SOUND Ian Arrow, Laurent Chassaigne, Xavier Bonneyrat

Cannes (Un Certain Regard): Queer Palm, Melbourne (International Panorama), Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema), Athens (Panorama), London (World Cinema), Ghent (Out of Competition), Rotterdam (Bright Future), Göteborg (HBTQ), Istanbul (Young Masters), Outfest (International Features), Queer Lisboa (Competition for Best Feature Film): Honourable Mention, Best Actor

Synopsis

François lives a skillfully controlled, well managed life, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Father of two daughters and a devoted husband, he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean and ordered existence.

23-year-old Christian is the son of a long lost friend. By all accounts he is the personification of a handsome young man in the prime of his life. François is so disarmed by the young man that it instantly ignites within him an all consuming infatuation and misplaced lust.

Despite his careful concealed disgust for himself, François pours out the lost emotions he has despised all his life in what becomes a desperate attempt at taking from the world that which he has always secretly wanted: Happiness. –Cannes Film Festival

Director

Oliver Hermanus

Oliver Hermanus was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1983. He began his professional career as a press photographer, covering international events such as the Glastonbury Music Festival and the G-8 Summit. He holds a BA in Film Media and Visual Studies from the University of Cape Town where, as a student, he directed a number of short films and documentaries. Shirley Adams is his first feature film. –Global Lens