Cape Town – If sombre movies are you thing then these dramas are right up your alley.
Check out the trailers of four new dramas coming to the big screen.
WELCOME TO MARWEN
Based on an inspirational true story it tells the miraculous true story of one broken man's fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation-a testament to the most powerful women he knows-through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
The film releases in SA cinemas Friday, 25 January 2019.
LITTLE WOMEN
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
An SA release date is yet to be confirmed.
LEAVE NO TRACE
Based on the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock the film stars Ben Foster as a father who has lived blissfully off the grid in a nature reserve outside Portland with his 13-year-old daughter.
When a chance encounter blows their cover, they’re put into the charge of social services. They then set off on a perilous journey back to the wilderness and are forced to confront their simultaneous desires for community and solitude.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
An SA release date is yet to be confirmed.
OUR ALBERTINA/ONSE ALBERTINA
South Africa, 1990.
When the crumbling Apartheid regime affords Marie Abrahams an opportunity to sell the family farm, her daughter Inge fights to keep their ancestral land. The film stars Safta winner Crystal-Donna Roberts and Shimmy Isaacs.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
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