The World Unseen
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This article is about the film. For other uses, see The World Unseen (disambiguation).
The World Unseen is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth as two Indian South African women who fall in love in a racist, sexist, and homophobic society.
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Directed by | Shamim Sarif |
Screenplay by | Shamim Sarif |
Based on | The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif |
Produced by | Hanan Kattan |
Starring | Lisa Ray Sheetal Sheth |
Cinematography | Michael Downie |
Edited by | David Martin |
Music by | Richard Blackford |
Distributed by | Enlightenment Productions Regent Releasing |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | South Africa United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Ray and Sheth also star together in another Shamim Sarif movie, I Can't Think Straight, released in November 2008.
The World Unseen was made with the assistance of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, which took a minority equity stake in the film.