The Cape of Good Hope is a 2004 South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n comedy drama film written and produced by Suzanne Kay Bamford and her husband Mark Bamford

Mark Bamford

Mark Bamford was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised mostly in New York. He graduated from New York University in 1989 with a double major in French Literature and Linguistics and a minor in Anthropology...

 under the direction of Mark Bamford. It was Mark Bamford's first feature film after his critically praised short, Hero

Hero (2000 film)

Hero is a short subject film directed and written by Mark Bamford. His wife wrote and produced the film. Hero played at numerous international film festivals and subsequently sold worldwide for television...

(2001).

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...

 and the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

 in 2004.

Plot

The story revolves around an animal rescue shelter and the characters who work there. Kate runs the shelter and is involved with a married man, oblivious to the romantic interests of Morne, the local veterinarian. Sharifa, the receptionist, is desperately struggling to have a child and satisfy her husband. And handyman Jean Claude finds himself torn between his love for a single mother and the desire to emigrate.

Cast

• Debbie Brown as Kate
• Eriq Ebouaney as Jean Claude
• Nthati Moshesh as Lindiwe
• Morne Visser as Morne
• Quanita Adams
  Quanita Adams
  Quanita Adams is a Cape Town, South Africa-based stage and screen actress. She has performed in the movies Forgiveness along with Arnold Vosloo, Cape of Good Hope, and Skeem and has appeared on stage in notable plays Truth in Translation and At Her Feet...
  
  as Sharifa
• David Isaacs as Habib
• Kamo Masilo as Thabo
• Nick Boraine as Stephen van Heern

Awards

• Austin Film Festival, 2004 - Won, Audience award: Best Narrative Feature-Undistributed; Mark Bamford
• Austin Film Festival, 2004 - Won, Feature Film Award: Best Narrative Feature; Mark Bamford
• National Board of Review, USA, 2005 - Won, Special Recognition: For Excellence on Filmmaking
• Image Awards, 2006 - Nominated, Image Award: Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film