The Number
7.5
After a young protégé's murder confirms a prison gang leader's growing misgivings about his life inside, he joins a reform-minded warden's efforts to improve the prison, eyeing it as a path to early release. Gaining fulfillment and self-worth, he becomes a valued partner in the new changes before explosive gang resistance forces a deadly choice between the gangster he is and the changing man he knows he now is.
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Cast
17 people
Mothusi Magano
Magadien Wentzel
Known for
Wild Is the Wind
I Am All Girls
Kevin Smith
Jacobs
Known for
Binnelanders
Fatal Seduction
Khalo Matabane
Carolyn Carew
Paul Ian Johnson
Lemogang Tsipa
Isaac
Known for
Troy: Fall of a City
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dwayne Menezes
Warren Masemola
Buttons
Known for
Fatal Seduction
180
Anant Singh
Also in
Baap Baap Hota Hai
Deon Lotz
Tosein
Known for
I Am All Girls
Binnelanders
Danielle Turkov
Presley Chweneyagae
China Boy
Known for
Tsotsi
Khalo Matabane Director · Paul Ian Johnson Screenplay Jonny Steinberg Author
Budget $650K · First release May 1, 2017 · Produced in South Africa
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Budget
$650,000
Production
Born Free Media
Production
Tiktak Production
Production
South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Zulu
Release dates
France · May 1, 2017
Cannes Film Market
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 7, 2017 · Premiere
Japan
January 4, 2019 · Digital
South Africa
April 20, 2018
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