the latest film by Clint Eastwood is a film about Nelson Mandela (played by the charismatic Morgan Freeman), but not only. It's a sports movie, in this case rugby, but not only. This film is mostly a tribute to South Africa, a country devastated by decades of apartheid, and has to learn to live differently. A lesson in humility and tolerance orchestrated by Madiba (Mandela's clan name), who had the wisdom and courage to overcome the resentment and envy, legitimate revenge for reunifying the people of Africa South and restore its pride.
irony of timing: the film, which takes place during the Rugby World Cup in 1995 hosted by South Africa, was released the year the country hosts the Soccer World Cup. We wish the team the same success ... well almost ... they let us win the final. ;-)
The film's title is inspired by a poem by William Ernest Henley, Invictus , which is Latin for "invincible" favorite poem by Nelson Mandela, who accompanied him throughout his captivity.
Invictus Out of the Night That Covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
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