Yesterday (2005)

Product Details

Actors: Leleti Khumalo
Directors: Darrell James Roodt
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006
Run Time: 96 minutes

Price : $6.11
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Yesterday (2005)

Customer Reviews

Set in South Africa, "Yesterday" chronicles the harshness of life in a compact Zulu village, and the plight of a woman named Yesterday, whose husband works in the Johannesburg mines, and who in his occasional visits residence, has infected her with the AIDS virus. When she tells him, his reaction is denial and to brutally beat her, but later comes residence to die, and to be nursed by her. Yesterday vows to remain alive till her small daughter is of school age, and in the care of the village schoolteacher. The hardships suffered are unrelenting, generating this film not an easy one particular to watch.
Leleti Khumalo is wonderful as Yesterday, and other individuals in the cast include Kenneth Khambula as the husband, Harriet Lenabe as Yesterday's only friend, the teacher, and Camilla Walker as the caring medical doctor. The cinematography by Michael Brierling of the arid, desolate landscape has a strange beauty despite the hardness of the life of its people, and there is a mellow loveliness to the Mandale Kunene soundtrack. Written and directed by Darrell Roodt, "Yesterday" was nominated for a Ideal Foreign Film Oscar, and it is a story of courage and enjoy, though an exceedingly sorrowful one. Total operating time is 90 minutes.

YESTERDAY is a film that settles into your heart to remind us how treasureable life is. Handful of films produced with such utter simplicity of concentrate have addressed a planet crisis problem in the form of 1 couple than this and for that cause alone this film should be widely seen. But there are many other causes to pay focus to this South African movie.
Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) is an eloquently lovely Zulu woman who discovers she has been infected with HIV from her coalminer husband (Kenneth Khambula). She confronts him with that fact and his response is embarrassed rage and physical abuse. Yesterday is concerned that her daughter reside to attend school and have a chance at a much better life. She is befriended by the school teacher (Harriet Lenabe) and by the physician in whom she confides (Camilla Walker). Expanding ill from AIDS, Yesterday's husband returns home and seeks Yesterday's succor and forgiveness on his deathbed. The power of Yesterday's spirit only grows stronger with just about every sad reality of her life: she is determined to stay alive till her daughter is safely in school and the future that transition promises.
Every single of these actors provide astonishing performances, so delicately nuanced that they are able to pry open the heart. The majestically amazing scenery of South Africa, with its mist-clothed mountains and far reaching stretches of horizons, plays an imperative function in this story: nature remains the guardian of mortals. Director and writer Darrell Roodt has a tiny masterpiece of a film right here and one that deserves all of our attention. Extremely Advised. Grady Harp, November 05