Something of Value

Something of Value

Love in an Inferno

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Release Date

5/8/1957

Runtime

113 mins

Genres

Overview

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A sprawling historical drama that traces how an anticolonial uprising shatters the bond between two childhood friends forced onto opposite sides of a brutal conflict. It's an earnest, sometimes melodramatic reckoning with colonial violence and the impossibility of remaining neutral when systems demand complicity.

Mood

TenseAngryWistful

Themes

ColonialismFriendshipBetrayalPowerIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceRacial violence

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