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
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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