Apartheid-era South Africa accidentally made the most chaotic buddy comedy ever.
Two men, one English and one Afrikaans, apply for bus tickets with the intention of going on a trip and to spend that trip not relaxing but getting in each other's faces.
Acting
Jamie Uys plays both leads with unhinged commitment.
Direction
Uys directing himself into dual nervous breakdowns.
Writing
Sneaky anti-apartheid commentary disguised as slapstick.
Director
Jamie Uys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
50-50 was one of the first South African films to explicitly satirize the linguistic and cultural divide between English and Afrikaans white South Africans.
Jamie Uys later directed The Gods Must Be Crazy; this early work shows his obsession with culture clash comedy already fully formed.
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