South Africa presents this year to the Oscar preselection for best film in non-English language with 'Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us' by Ernest Nkosi.
This It will be the 12th film that will represent the African country, a country that has achieved good results to date, three films managed to pass the first cut, two of them achieved the Oscar nomination and one finally won the statuette.
The first nomination came to South Africa in 2005 with the film 'Yesterday' by Darrell Roodt and a year later he got the second with 'Tsotsi' from Gavin Hood, tape who finally got the first and to date only figurine for the country.
The last achievement of the country in this category was in 2010 when 'Life, Above All' made the first cut in 2010, but that finally did not enter the quintet of nominees for the 2011 gala.
The synopsis for 'Thina Sobabili: the Two of Us' goes like this: «Located in Alexandra Township in South Africa, Thulas will do anything to protect his sister, Zanele, after witnessing his abuse as a child. As a result, the two share a very strained relationship and when Zanele finally falls in love with the charms of an older man, Thulas is determined to protect his sister, ending their relationship. A decision that will cost him everything and show his sister how much he really loves her.