Five Fingers for Marseilles

Five Fingers for Marseilles is a 2017 South African Neo-Western thriller film written by Sean Drummond and directed by Michael Matthews.^[1] It stars Vuyo Dabula, Zethu Dlomo, Kenneth Nkosi, Dean Fourie, Jerry Mofokeng and Warren Masemola, It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.^[2]

Five Fingers for Marseilles
Film poster
Directed by	Michael Matthews
Screenplay by	Sean Drummond
Story by	Sean Drummond Michael Matthews
Produced by	Asger Hussain Yaron Schwartzman Sean Drummond Michael Matthews
Starring	Vuyo Dabula Kenneth Nkosi Zethu Dlomo
Cinematography	Shaun Harley Lee
Edited by	Daniel Mitchell
Music by	James Matthes
Production companies	Game 7 Films Be Phat Motel Company
Distributed by	Indigenous Film Distribution
Release dates	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF) 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) (South Africa)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Africa
Languages	Xhosa Sesotho

Synopsis

A member of The Five Fingers returns to colonial Marseilles after fleeing a police aggression about two decades ago, and finds his town under a new threat.

Cast

• Vuyo Dabula as Tau
• Zethu Dlomo as Lerato
• Hamilton Dhlamini as Sepoko
• Kenneth Nkosi as Bongani
• Mduduzi Mabaso as Luyanda
• Aubrey Poolo as Unathi
• Lizwi Vilakazi as Sizwe
• Anthony Oseyemi as Congo
• Jerry Mofokeng as Jonah
• Ntsika Tiyo as Zulu
• Kenneth Fok as Wei
• Warren Masemola as Thuto
• Garth Breytenbach as Officer De Vries
• Dean Fourie as Honest John

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10.^[3]

Popular culture

Five Fingers for Marseilles was enlisted as one of the 8 "reimagined versions" of Western films American singer Beyonce drew inspiration from for her 2024 country studio album, Cowboy Carter.^[4][5]