LECTURER, COURSE CONVENOR AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN.
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The award-winning South African film pivots on questions like these. It explores the moral universe of forced choices through the narrative of Mikhail and Gabriel, two brothers from Kalk Bay, a fishing village near Cape Town. Mikhail is the older brother and a small-time abalone poacher. Gabriel is set up as his opposite: he completed school, plans to study further, has a good job at a local hotel and is in a relationship with a responsible young woman. Mikhail lives life according to somewhat looser morals
