Film Details

Coming to theriverside from: Friday 19th March 2010

Certificate : 12A

Genre :  Biography | Drama | History | Sport

Run Time : 2hours 15minutes

Director :  Clint Eastwood

Writers : Anthony Peckham (screenplay)

  John Carlin (book)

Cast : Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Jonah Lomu

Based on the book by John Carlin and directed by Clint Eastwood, Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, who's elected as South Africa's first democratically elected president four years after his release from spending 27 years as a political prisoner. The white South Africans fear violent repercussions and many of the black South Africans seem to want revenge but Mandela is keenly aware that South Africa needs to unite as a country if political stability is to be achieved.

In a stroke of genius, Mandela focuses his attention on the Springbok rugby team (a symbol of white rule, largely loathed by the black majority) and attempts to convince team captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) of the political importance of the nation uniting behind a South African victory at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. But can they actually win?