"Invictus"
(2009)
Information:
- MPAA RATING: P613
- Reviewed by Diego Pertuzé on 30th October, 2014
- Genre: Sports Drama
- Cast: Matt Damon (Franscois Pienaar), Morgan Freeman (Nelson Mandela)
- Director: Clint East Wood
- Distribustor: Warner Bros. Picture
-Yeah, but we had the support of 43 million South Africans-" said Franscois Pienaar, the captain of the South African rugby team,the Springboks to a journalist, after wining a match.
This quote expresses the unity of the South African peoples. But this unity, didn't exist from the beginning of time. There was an age, which were South Africa had several problems of racism and unity, and in the middle of this crisis, Nelson Mandela assumes to be the president of the country, after having been in the jail, where he kearn that people are stong together, With this words in mind, "Madiba" decided to unify the country with the passion that generate the rugby on the South Africans people.
Nelson Mandela, who was in the prison of Robben Island because of his revolutionary ideas of equality against the white goverment of South Africa, that rule with apartheid, left his jail to became the president of the country who arrested him. On the first time when black people were allowed to vote in a political election, looking for the end of discrimination. In this moment, with a divided South Africa, the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was ready to start hosted in that country. With this perfect oportunity for winning the World Cup, Mandela sees in this a chance to unify the divided country, giving a special message to the population, that consist on that they can do a great things together because the are stong in that way
The Springsboks were a headache for the population of South Africa, that lose all their games, playing without struggle or passion.The population was having the same gloomy actitude to face things. But all this change, when Mandela met Franscois Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks, so ge could tell him, that he wants they to be a topnotch team, and stay invitus in the Rugby World Cup, so they can win the tournament and inspire the country to be unify and determined of what they do.
Invistus, is an exelent movie that show us a political and social period of South Africa, in a brilliant way. Also provide us strongs messages of values, like perseverance, tolerance and effort. The script gave us a lot of memorable quotes, that gelp to the dramatic environment. The actors and the costumes reflect exactly what their real characters were, and the movie in general gives us beatiful camara angles and shots. If you want a movie based on a historical events that can give you inspiration, this is your movie.
