Proteus (fim na 2003)

***Proteus*** fim ne na wasan kwaikwayo na soyayya na 2003 wanda darektan Kanada John Greyson ya yi. Fim din, wanda ya samo asali ne daga tarihin kotu na farkon karni na 18 daga Cape Town, yana bincika dangantakar soyayya tsakanin fursunoni biyu, daya daga Afirka (Khoikhoi) da daya daga cikin 'yan Holland, a Tsibirin Robben a Afirka ta Kudu a karni na 18.

Kodayake fim din ya fara ne a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Toronto na shekara ta 2003, ba a fitar da shi ba har zuwa shekara ta 2005.

## Makirci
An kafa shi a cikin karni na 18 na Afirka ta Kudu, fim din ya nuna labarin gaskiya na Claas Blank (Rouxnet Brown) da Rijkhaart Jacobsz (Neil Sandilands), fursunoni biyu a Tsibirin Robben . Herder Claas Blank yana aiki shekaru 10 don "zagi dan kasar Holland" kuma Rijkhaart ɗan jirgin ruwa ne na Holland wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin aikata "ayyukan da ba na halitta ba" tare da wani mutum. Mutanen biyu, da farko suna adawa da juna, sun kafa dangantaka ta sirri, ta amfani da tafiye-tafiye zuwa tankin ruwa mai zaman kansa don haɗuwa. Dangantakarsu tana da bambancin launin fata, kamar yadda Jacobsz dan Holland ne, yayin da Blank ya kasance Khoi.

Virgil Niven (Shawn Smyth), masanin tsire-tsire na Scotland, ya yi abota da Blank saboda iliminsa game da tsire-shire na Afirka ta Kudu, gami da protea. An ba da shawarar cewa yana iya sha'awar jima'i ga Blank.

A cikin 1735, an kashe Blank da Jacobsz saboda sodomy, ta hanyar nutsar da su, bayan kishi da wasu fursunoni suka haifar da matsaloli a cikin kurkuku.

Fim din ya ƙare tare da wani sashi daga jawabin da Nelson Mandela ya yi a lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci a shekarar 1964, kafin a ɗaure shi a tsibirin Robben . 

## Bincike
Fim din ya binciki tambayoyin da ba a amsa ba, kamar dalilin da ya sa jami'an kurkuku suka yarda da dangantakar na cikakken shekaru goma kafin a kashe Blank da Jacobsz. A cikin wata hira da aka shirya tare da sakin DVD, John Greyson ya lura cewa ainihin Blank da Jacobsz sun fara dangantakarsu lokacin da suke matasa - an tsare Blank a kurkuku a tsibirin Robben yana da shekaru 16 - kuma an san su da ma'aurata na shekaru ashirin kafin a tuhume su da sodomy kuma a kashe su, lokacin da dukansu kusan 40.

Ana amfani da anachronisms na gangan, kamar rediyo na transistor, na'urorin buga takardu na lantarki da Jeep, a cikin fim ɗin don kwatanta babban jigon Greyson cewa homophobia da wariyar launin fata na irin wanda ya haifar da kisan gillar Blank da Jacobsz sun kasance suna nan sosai a duniya. Wadannan abubuwa na ƙarni na ashirin, gami da tufafi na zamani (c. 1964) a lokuta da yawa, sun bayyana a cikin juxtaposition tare da abubuwa na ƙarnin sha takwas. Kwamandan kurkuku na ƙarni na goma sha takwas, alal misali, an maye gurbinsa da tsohon ma'aikaci wanda ke sanye da kayan tsaro na ƙarni ya ashirin kuma sau da yawa yana tare da wani Alsatian mai tsananin gani a kan gajeren jagora. Ana ganin jaka mai laushi, ƙirar azabtarwa daga wariyar launin fata ta Afirka ta Kudu.

## Masu ba da labari
 

## Karɓar baƙi
Dennis Harvey na Variety ya bayyana cewa "fim din yana da isasshen abubuwan lalata da abubuwan ban sha'awa don cin nasarar masu kallo na gidan fasaha" amma "ba shi da kyawawan abubuwa da rikitarwa, yana ƙare da ɗan nisa".

Da yake ba da fim din 3 daga cikin taurari 4, Ken Fox na TV Guide ya ce "taɓawa ta zamani ba ta taɓa rage abin da ke cikin zuciya labarin soyayya mai zurfi ba".

Dave Kehr na The New York Times ya bayyana "fim ne mai nauyi, mai girman kai, kuma mai karɓa" kuma an "yi amfani da shi tare da jerin abubuwan ban sha'awa da wasannin da ke janye hankalin mutane daga ainihin abin ban mamaki".

## Manazarta