Catch a Fire is a 2006 dramatic thriller about activists against apartheid in South Africa. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce, from a screenplay written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, appear as characters in the film, while her sister, Robyn Slovo, produced the film and plays their mother Ruth First. Catch a Fire was shot on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique. The film revolves around Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man who is accused of... carrying out an attack against the government, and an Afrikaner police officer, Nic Vos, played by Tim Robbins. Vos is in charge of locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack against the Secunda CTL synthetic fuel refinery, which is the largest coal liquefaction plant in the world. Patrick is unwillingly swept into Vos's investigation due to his inability to provide a satisfactory explanation for his whereabouts at the time of the bombing .
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| Release date: | October 27, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Phillip Noyce |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tim Bevan, Anthony Minghella, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo |
| Editor: | Jill Bilcock |
| Music by: | Philip Miller |
| Cinematography: | Garry Phillips, Ron Fortunato |
| Screenplay by: | Shawn Slovo |
| Estimated budget: | $14,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Biography, Action |