Number 37 (film)

Number 37
Directed byNosipho Dumisa
Screenplay byNosipho Dumisa
Story by
  • Nosipho Dumisa
  • Daryne Joshua
  • Travis Taute
Produced by
  • Benjamin Overmeyer
  • Bradley Joshua
Starring
  • Irshaad Ally
  • Danny Ross
  • Monique Rockman
CinematographyZenn van Zyl
Edited bySimon Beesley
Music byJames Matthes
Production
company
Gambit Films
Release dates
  • March 10, 2018 (2018-March-10) (SXSW)
  • June 1, 2018 (2018-June-01) (South Africa)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageAfrikaans
Box office$102,657[1]

Number 37 (Afrikaans: Nommer 37)[2] is a 2018 South African crime thriller written and directed by Nosipho Dumisa.[3] The film is in Afrikaans and subtitled to English.[4] It was featured at several film festivals including SXSW, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, the Sydney Film Festival, and the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won Best Director.[5] The film follows an injured young man, confined to his apartment, who borrows his girlfriend's binoculars to spy on their neighbours, in which he sees an opportunity to turn their lives around after witnessing a crime.[6][7]

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  3. ^ "Number 37 - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ Sibisi, Gezzy S. (15 April 2018). "FILM DIRECTOR SPEAK: Nosipho Dumisa". Screen Africa. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Nommer 37 wins best director award at international film festival". Channel. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ "'Number 37': Film Review | SXSW 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Review: South African thriller 'Number 37' is Hitchcockian". Los Angeles Times. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.