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Mood:
- EmotionalSincereTouchingCaptivatingUplifting
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Plot:
- Coming of AgeHuman SpiritFriendshipInterracial RelationsWartime LifeInjusticeHopesSociety more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- AfricaSouth Africa
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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- Based on Book
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- SeriousRealistic
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The Power of One, 1992
English
Australia, France, USA
Profile of The Power of One
The mood of The Power of One is uplifting, emotional, and sincere. The plot centers around wartime life, interracial relations, and injustice. It is a drama movie. In approach, The Power of One is serious and realistic. The setting is South Africa. It happens in the 20th century. The Power of One is based on a book. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Power of One
Based on the novel by Bryce Courtenay and set against the racial strife of 1930s South Africa, THE POWER OF ONE is a spirited tale of a young boy's fight against oppression starring Stephen Dorff as P.K., a lonely English orphan who is forced to endure racial hatred at an exclusive Afrikaaner boarding school. Perpetually the outsider, he is constantly tormented by his British-bashing classmates. With the onset of WWII, P.K. is taken in by Doc (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a liberal German scientist, and becomes his ward while incarcerated in a political prison. In prison, he meets Geel Piet (Morgan Freeman), a strong African boxer who teaches him the power of African myth, dialect, and the fine art of boxing. Armed with motivation and a new way to defend his beliefs, P.K. is able to start over at a more liberal high school, where he grows into a young man tempered by the racism and violence surrounding him. P.K.'s battle for personal and political freedom becomes a quest for racial equality and respect. He goes against convention and, with an African friend, ventures into the segregated townships to teach reading. Ultimately, P.K.'s actions leave his schoolmates irate--forcing him to enter the ring to fight for freedom. Director John G. Avildsen's inspirational and triumphant epic of one boy's battle against hatred and oppression is set to a moving African score composed by Hans Zimmer, featuring the music of the Masibemunye Bulawayo Choir.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Australia, France, USA |
| Release date: | 27 March 1992 |
| Runtime: | 127 min |
Cast and Crew
as P.K. Age 18
as Doc
as Geel Piet
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- by: tpaine
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