Shirley Adams
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Shirley Adams | |
---|---|
Directed by | Oliver Hermanus |
Screenplay by | Oliver Hermanus, Stavros Pamballis |
Produced by | DV8 Films |
Starring | Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Emily Child, Lee-Ann Van Rooi |
Cinematography | Jamie Ramsay |
Edited by | Garreth Fradgley |
Music by | Philip Miller |
Release date |
|
Running time | 92' |
Country | South Africa |
Shirley Adams is a 2009 film directed and written by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus.
Synopsis
In a Cape Town slum, Shirley Adams spends her days taking care of her disabled son Donovan, caught by a stray bullet in crossfire between two gangs. Having been left by her husband, the woman can barely make ends meet after seeing all of her possessions disappear. With no means of support, Shirley finds herself forced to survive on handouts and by occasional shoplifting at the supermarket. When a young therapist comes into their lives, Shirley grasps the hope that her son may recover his emotional well-being.
Awards
- Durban 2009
- Amiens 2009
External links
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)[dead link]
- Shirley Adams at IMDb
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- Articles lacking sources from January 2020
- All articles lacking sources
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 2009 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from May 2019
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- South African drama films
- Films directed by Oliver Hermanus
- All stub articles
- South African film stubs