Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)

Original title

Jerusalema

Directed by

Ralph Ziman

Genre

crime film

Country

South Africa

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in Johannesburg rises from a life of small-time crime to become a powerful gangster. The film follows his violent climb through the criminal underworld and the consequences he faces.

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What happens

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, originally titled Jerusalema, is a 2008 South African crime film written and directed by Ralph Ziman. The film was submitted to the 2009 Academy Awards to qualify as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. It was a box office bomb, grossing only $400,000 against the production budget of $2 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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