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White Wedding

JANN TURNER
South Africa, 2009, 98 minutes, Color

When this uproarious road comedy begins, the central characters are young, prosperous, and in love. So what could go wrong as Elvis travels from Johannesburg to Cape Town to wed Ayanda? Well, just about everything. A missed bus, bad directions, a mutinous granny, an imperious wedding planner, a couple of disabled cars, and a stop at an Afrikaaners-only pub are just some of the complications. Elvis is accompanied by best friend Tumi, a notorious womanizer whose attempt at throwing a bachelor party is another of the adventure's missteps. Then Tumi and Elvis pick up Rose, a hitchhiking Briton who came to Africa to forget the fiancée who cheated on her (that plan doesn't work, either). Fueled by upbeat Afropop, this is a journey into a modern South Africa whose principal conflicts involve romance and transportation. That may be a fantasy, but White Wedding makes it a charming one. —Mark Jenkins

In English, Zulu, Xhosa, and Afrikaans with English subtitles

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