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U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005)

Where U-Carmen eKhayelitsha says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Xhosa-language Carmen set in a Cape Town township: half shot in Khayelitsha, half on a wine estate

Scenes and places

Nomakhaya at the police station (2005)

Nomakhaya arrives at a Cape Town police station looking for Sergeant Jongikhaya. He is out on patrol, so she decides to come back later rather than be harassed by the other officers. Carmen and Amanda, on their way to work, pass his patrol car and Carmen shouts at him for parking there.

Set in Cape Town police station — The police station where Nomakhaya comes looking for Sergeant Jongikhaya.

The film's opening location; the plot summary says only that it is a Cape Town police station.

The cigarette factory (2005)

The bored police officers drive to the cigarette factory to see the girls. Jongikhaya sits reading his Bible and ignores Carmen, which piques her. She flirts with him and throws a rose into his car.

Set in Cigarette factory — The workplace of Carmen, Amanda and the other cigarette girls.

Factory where Carmen and Amanda work; its exact site is not named in the sources.

The TV fight and the arrest (2005)

The girls watch TV and learn that township star Lulamile Nkomo is coming home for a concert. Pinki switches the set off just as Carmen is watching, a fight breaks out and Carmen wounds Pinki with a knife. Jongikhaya arrests her, then lets her go in exchange for her promise of love and a meeting at a local bar.

Set in Cigarette girls' TV room — Where the cigarette girls watch TV; the plot summary does not say whether this is inside the factory.

Location is an assumption: the summary does not say whether this is the factory or separate quarters.

Bra Nkomo's bar (2005)

Days later Carmen, Amanda, the factory workers and her smuggler friends wait at the bar for Lulamile Nkomo. Jongikhaya turns up and gets a hostile welcome until Carmen vouches for him. He tells her he loves her and she warns that she only belongs to herself; he gives her his mother's ring.

Set in Bra Nkomo's bar — The township bar where the cigarette girls and Carmen's drug-dealer friends wait for Lulamile Nkomo.

Bar named in the plot summary.

The smuggling night (2005)

At Carmen's urging Jongikhaya quits the police and becomes a smuggler. During one night job he grows jealous when Carmen is friendly with another man and starts a fight. The other smugglers beat him up and Carmen ends the relationship, handing back the ring.

Set in Smuggling operation site — A night-time smuggling operation; the plot summary gives no place.

Place is not named in the sources.

Lulamile Nkomo's homecoming concert (2005)

Carmen is due to sing at the homecoming concert while her friends warn her that Jongikhaya is in the audience. She tries to tell him it is over, and he follows her outside the venue, threatening her with a knife. She still refuses to take him back.

Set in Concert venue — The venue of Lulamile Nkomo's homecoming concert, where Carmen is scheduled to sing.

Venue is not named in the sources.

Filmed at Khayelitsha township, Cape Town — About half of the film Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Spier wine estate — About half of the film Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Carmen — A cigarette-factory worker who says she only belongs to herself.
• Jongikhaya — A police sergeant drawn into Carmen's world.
• Nomakhaya — A young woman who brings Jongikhaya a ring from his dying mother.