Reconciliation and Forgiveness

Rating: 6/10 (28 January 2011)

On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela is released after twenty-seven years imprisoned in Robben Island. In 1994, he is elected President of South Africa and he tries to unite his nation that is divided by the apartheid. Near the Rugby World Cup 1995 in South Africa, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) invites the captain of the Springboks François Pienaar (Matt Damon) to come to the government palace for a tea and inspires François to win the championship with his team.
"Invictus" is a pleasant movie about the integration of people through the sports, in a country racially and economically split, by an enlightened man that preaches reconciliation and forgiveness. Morgan Freeman, as usual, has a great performance in the role of the great South African leader. However, this film should be shorter and spends too much time in sequences of rugby, a sport that is not popular in my country and therefore boring and uninteresting to me. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Invictus"