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Apr 3, 2009 · The World Unseen: Directed by Shamim Sarif. With Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas, Nandana Sen. A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
The World Unseen is a 2007 historical 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.
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Synopsis. Set in South Africa in the year 1952 during the Apartheid era, a story of true love against all odds takes place. The story opens as Amina (Sheetal Sheth), a young Indian woman, is outside of her cafe on a ladder. A crash is heard as someone runs over their flower pot outside.
In 1950s Cape Town, progressive and free Amina (Sheetal Sheth) co-owns a cafe with a black man named Jacob. One day, a beautiful housewife named Miriam (Lisa Ray) visits the cafe, and Amina is ...
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- Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
- PG-13
Feb 14, 2008 · The World Unseen 9 March, BAFTA, 8 p.m. 23 March, Watermans, 7:30 pm (South Africa/UK 2007) Runtime: 99 minutes Language: English Director: Shamim Sarif Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin...
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
The World Unseen. In 1950's apartheid South Africa free-spirited café-owner Amina meets introverted wife Miriam and their unexpected attraction pushes them to question the rules that bind them.
The World Unseen is a 2007 historical 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.
Free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community in South Africa by running a café, a safe haven of laughter, music and home-cooked food; a 'grey area' for those who fall outside the strict 'black and white' rules of the apartheid-led government.
