The World Unseen (2007)
- Directed by
- Shamim Sarif
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- South Africa, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 105 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two Indian South African women fall in love in 1950s Cape Town. Their relationship unfolds against the backdrop of apartheid and societal prejudice.
romantictendermelancholicquietly tensehistoricalbittersweetintimateslow-pacedgrounded
What happens
The World Unseen is a 2007 historical romantic 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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