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A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2005 1h 34m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Like Tsotsi, it turns a tense urban crisis into an intimate moral reckoning, following a flawed man whose bond with a child exposes tenderness, responsibility, and the possibility of change.

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A hard-edged, character-first crime drama about a vulnerable young man shaped by brutal systems; its moral compromises and gradual transformation carry the same tense, empathetic weight.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Terry Pheto

Miriam

Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Captain Smit

Thembi Nyandeni

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