By Sophumelela Singqoto
“Umjolo: I-Gone Girl” iya kuba ngumboniso bhanyabhanya wokuqala ukuboniswa njengenxalenye yengqokelela yefilimu yokuqala yeNetflix eMzantsi Afrika.
Lo mboniso umiselwe ukuhla kwiqonga lokusasaza ngomhla wesibhozo (8) kuNovemba 2024, uya kuba ngowokuqala kwiimveliso ezine, apho “imema abaphulaphuli kwihlabathi le-‘Mjoloville’”.
“Umjolo ukhonza iifilimu ezine ezichukumisayo eziphonononga ubomi bothando obukhethekileyo babasetyhini abane njengoko bejonga ubunzima bobudlelwane, ukuzibophelela kunye nokuzifumanisa,” ingxelo efundwayo.
“Ifilimu entsha emnandi iya kuhla nyanga nganye ukusuka ngoNovemba ukuya kuFebruwari, ityhila isahluko esahlukileyo kuhambo ngalunye lomfazi.”
Yonke le miboniso iveliswa yinkampani ephumelele iimbasa, iStained Glass, ebiphambili kwimiboniso kamabonakude yaseMzantsi Afrika iminyaka elishumi. Ngeli xesha, “Umjolo: The Gone Girl” uqhayisa ngoluhlu olunomtsalane lwamagqala eetalente, kuquka uBaby Cele, uMeshack Mavuso, uGugu Gumede kunye noNtando Mncube.
Abanye abadlali baquka uSibongiseni Shezi, uTyson Mathonsi, uSibusisiwe Jili, uLondeka Sishi, uThobeka Shangase, uSipho Alphi Mkhwanazi noTina Redman.
Ukongeza, i-MC yaseMzantsi Afrika kunye nomyili womxholo, uSipho Alphi Mkhwanazi, uza kuzisa umxube wakhe wokutyikitya wobukrelekrele obuhlkisayo kunye nomtsalane kumabonakude njengombalisi wefilimu.
Ilandela uLethu (Shezi), umcwangcisi wesiganeko kunye nothando olungenathemba olubonakala lunayo yonke. Ungumnini ophumeleleyo weshishini lakhe kwaye ungqongwe luthungelwano oluxhasayo losapho kunye nabahlobo.
Ukwathandana noLucky (Mathonsi), onothando, oxhasayo, onomdla kwaye onomtsalane. Kwaye bethembisana ngomtshato, phezu kwehlabathi. Kodwa ubomi bukaLethu’ buba nesiphithiphithi xa esosulelwa sisifo esosulela ngokwabelana ngesondo, nto leyo ebhenca ukuqhatha kweqabane lakhe.
Oku kuphazamisa inkohliso yobudlelwane bakhe obugqibeleleyo kwaye uxhomekeke kubahlobo bakhe uAmanda (Shangase), uZanele (Jili) kunye noThoko (Sishi) ngenkxaso.
“Ngoku ekudibaneni kweendlela, uLethu uvaleleke kwi-‘heartbreakville’, akakwazi ukukhululeka kwisiphithiphithi seemvakalelo, ” ingxelo yongezelela.