
Bopha!
1993 · Movie · 118 min · ★ 5.6
Micah Mangena is sitting on a powder keg and doesn't know it. He's a sergeant in South Africa's police force, an unquestioning supporter of the powers that be. But the strife tearing at the fabric of 1980 South Africa is about to rip Micah's own world violently apart.
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Details
- Years
- 1993
- Release date
- 1993-09-16
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (13 votes)
Themes
- police brutality
- police state
- south africa
- apartheid
- anc (african national congress)
- afrikaans
- racism
- anti-apartheid
- father son conflict
- pretoria, south africa
- authoritarian regime
- african revolutionaries
Cast & crew

Danny Glover
as Micah Mangena

Malcolm McDowell
as De Villiers

Alfre Woodard
as Rosie Mangena

Marius Weyers
as Van Tonder
- ME
Maynard Eziashi
as Zweli Mangena

Malick Bowens
as Pule Rampa

Robin Smith
as Retlief
- MC
Michael Chinyamurindi
as Solomon
- CH
Christopher John Hall
as Naledi Machikano
- GM
Grace Mahlaba
as Thokozile Machikano
Directed by Morgan Freeman