Catch a Fire (2006)

The spark that ignites us, unites us.

• Action
• Drama
• Thriller

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

Rating

6.3 / 10 (156 votes)

Release date

October 27, 2006

Runtime

1h 41m

Language

English

Director

Phillip Noyce

Status

Released