Wizard

2017
1h 24m

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Matwetwe (Wizard) is a coming of age adventure following Lefa and Papi, best friends and recent high school graduates, on the hustle of their young lives. Over the course of one action packe... Read allMatwetwe (Wizard) is a coming of age adventure following Lefa and Papi, best friends and recent high school graduates, on the hustle of their young lives. Over the course of one action packed New Years Eve in the iconic township of Atteridgeville, the boys try to score a huge dea... Read allMatwetwe (Wizard) is a coming of age adventure following Lefa and Papi, best friends and recent high school graduates, on the hustle of their young lives. Over the course of one action packed New Years Eve in the iconic township of Atteridgeville, the boys try to score a huge deal, dodge a king pin gangster and his violent minions, get the girl and ultimately save the... Read all

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8.1/10

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7User reviews

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9mamadimo1

A great south African story

Enjoyed every piece of it. The choice of background music as well, unexpected, unpredictable. Perfect, from start to finish.

10refiloecr

Oscar Deserving

The best local movie produced ... It's in the same league as our Tsosti movie ... The music in it well done the context the rawness it's the best well done

9linda-mkhize

Great story telling.

I was dragged by my wife to go see this movie, an afternoon well spent to say the least. It is shot well , it is directed beautifully, the soundtrack is on point, the actors are so believable and they execute their craft with such ease and confidence. There are very few, if any, moments wasted on camera. Well done young men and women for a brilliant piece of art.

9galamatias69

Magic

Matwetwe's brilliance is in its energy: the story and a dazzling array of characters keep sprawling (just like the township we see in swooping aerial shots), defying the viewer to guess where all this will end. It shows a gritty, real side of South African life which is often overlooked or taken forgranted. Comparisons will be made to City of God, but this is not a didactic text, it's a hilarious (and occasionally brutal) piece of kinetic cinema.

8nrgigaba

The Best Coming Of Age Story

Childhood friends Lefa and Papi navigate the hardships of growing up in Pheliville. Just graduated from high school Lefa has been accepted into Wits and hopes to score big with their cannabis business whilst Papi is just chasing the next score.

I've been putting off watching the movie for years, I regret never watching it earlier because it is just fantastic.

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Most of the actors were stage actors from The State Theater. Kagiso Lediga did not not do auditions for their parts he just sat with them, as a group, with a camera, and he asked them to tell him about themselves. They did not know he was casting them mentally. Kagiso Lediga talks about this in most of his interviews about the movie.