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*CharacterNarrator: Xan provides voiceover narration at a few points in the film, notably to wrap thing up at the end.
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*ChekhovsSkill: Early in the film we see Peter teaching Xan how to drive the motorbike, which explains how he's later able to drive off with Duma despite his young age.
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*BathroomBrawl: A fight starts when bullies descend on Xan in the restroom of his school, until [[spoiler:Duma interrupts]].
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*TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: We're never told what Peter's illness is nor do we even see what his symptoms are. Xan's narration just says he got "sick."
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*SceneryPorn: There's a ton of beautiful shots of the African veldt, where most of the action takes place.
*TheSwarm: A swarm of tsetse flies suddenly descends on Xan and Ripkuna at one point.
*TimeCompressionMontage: The year or so that it takes for Duma to grow from cub to adult is done in a montage, which also illustrates Xan learning practical skills from his father.
*TheSwarm: A swarm of tsetse flies suddenly descends on Xan and Ripkuna at one point.
*TimeCompressionMontage: The year or so that it takes for Duma to grow from cub to adult is done in a montage, which also illustrates Xan learning practical skills from his father.
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->''"[L]ove doesn't stop when time passes, or you live in different places, or somebody's gone. That's how it was with me and Duma."
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As the end credits begin, we see Xan settling back into life on the farm, and Duma living wild [[spoiler: with another cheetah whom he met before saying goodbye to his human friend]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Come film's end, Xan and Duma have gone their separate ways, and will likely never see each other again.
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Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin (Creator/HopeDavis), is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna (Creator/EammonWalker), a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
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Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin (Creator/HopeDavis), is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna (Creator/EammonWalker), (Creator/EamonnWalker), a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
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In South Africa, a cheetah cub is orphaned after his mother is killed by lions. Wandering outside the protected reserve where he lives, he's rescued and hand-raised by 12-year-old Xan and his parents. As time passes, the cub, now named Duma, becomes one of the family. Once Duma reaches maturity, Xan and his dad, Peter, make plans to send him back to the wild (albeit with some reluctance on Xan's part).
Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin, is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna, a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
Starring Alex Michaeletos as Xan, Creator/CampbellScott as Peter, Creator/HopeDavis as Kristin, and Creator/EamonnWalker as Ripkuna.
Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin, is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna, a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
Starring Alex Michaeletos as Xan, Creator/CampbellScott as Peter, Creator/HopeDavis as Kristin, and Creator/EamonnWalker as Ripkuna.
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In South Africa, a cheetah cub is orphaned after his mother is killed by lions. Wandering outside the protected reserve where he lives, he's rescued and hand-raised by 12-year-old Xan (Alex Michaeletos) and his parents. As time passes, the cub, now named Duma, becomes one of the family. Once Duma reaches maturity, Xan and his dad, Peter, Peter (Creator/CampbellScott), make plans to send him back to the wild (albeit with some reluctance on Xan's part).
Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother,Kristin, Kristin (Creator/HopeDavis), is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna, Ripkuna (Creator/EammonWalker), a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{TagLine}} Some friendships are wilder than others.]]'']]
->''"[L]ove doesn't stop when time passes, or you live in different places, or somebody's gone. That's how it was with me and Duma."
-->-- Xan's closing narration
''Duma'' is a 2005 film directed by Carroll Ballard (''Film/TheBlackStallion'', ''Film/FlyAwayHome'', ''Film/NeverCryWolf''), distributed by Creator/WarnerBros.
In South Africa, a cheetah cub is orphaned after his mother is killed by lions. Wandering outside the protected reserve where he lives, he's rescued and hand-raised by 12-year-old Xan and his parents. As time passes, the cub, now named Duma, becomes one of the family. Once Duma reaches maturity, Xan and his dad, Peter, make plans to send him back to the wild (albeit with some reluctance on Xan's part).
Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin, is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna, a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
Starring Alex Michaeletos as Xan, Creator/CampbellScott as Peter, Creator/HopeDavis as Kristin, and Creator/EamonnWalker as Ripkuna.
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!!''Duma'' provides examples of:
* ABoyAndHisX: The story centers around a boy who adopts an orphaned cheetah cub, and forms a strong bond with him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: When we first meet Ripkuna, he doesn't offer many hints as to his backstory. Later on, we learn that [[spoiler: he left his village to find a better life for himself, but ultimately failed, and has [[WalkingTheEarth wandered aimlessly ever since]], regretting leaving his family. By film's end, he's back home to stay.]]
* ADogNamedDog: ''Duma'' is the word for cheetah in Swahili; Kristin suggests the name after Xan tries calling the cub such clichéd names as "Spots," "Speedy," or "Fuzzy."
* GoryDiscretionShot: When Duma's mother is killed, the camera cuts back to her cubs as soon as the lion catches her.
* HeroicSacrifice: {{Downplayed}}. Toward the end, Ripkuna shields Xan from a swarm of tsetse flies, letting himself get bitten instead. [[spoiler: Luckily, Xan finds someone to help treat the ensuing sleeping sickness.]]
* IWillFindYou: After Xan and Duma run away, Kristin sets out to find them.
* JustSoStory: Ripkuna tells one about why cheetahs have "tear lines" running from their eyes to their mouths.
-->''"There was a mother cheetah. She loved her cub very much. Then, one day, he got lost. And she searched and she searched, and she called and she called... And she cried so long and so hard, that her tears made black streaks down her face."''
* KilledOffscreen: In addition to Duma's mother, it's {{implied}} that his brothers and sisters were also killed by the lions (unless they moved on after killing the mother cheetah).
* TheMourningAfter: After Peter's sudden death, Xan grieves for much of the film's run time. He opens up about it to Ripkuna later in the story. Rip sympathizes with his feelings, but reminds the boy that the nature of life and death is unpredictable, and none of us know how long we have to live. This, along with seeing Duma go free, helps Xan to let go of his grief.
* PetBabyWildAnimal: Duma wanders away from the den after his mother's death, and is picked up by Xan and Peter outside the reserve fence. He grows to adulthood on their farm.
* RaisedInCaptivity: After finding him, Xan hand-rears Duma with his parents' help, and Duma begins to view the farm as his home.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story that inspired the film was written down in the book ''How It Was with Dooms'', by Kenyan native Carol Cawthra-Hopcraft, and her son, Xan. Unlike his film counterpart, Dooms never returned to the wild.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As the end credits begin, we see Xan settling back into life on the farm, and Duma living wild [[spoiler: with another cheetah whom he met before saying goodbye to his human friend]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{TagLine}} Some friendships are wilder than others.]]'']]
->''"[L]ove doesn't stop when time passes, or you live in different places, or somebody's gone. That's how it was with me and Duma."
-->-- Xan's closing narration
''Duma'' is a 2005 film directed by Carroll Ballard (''Film/TheBlackStallion'', ''Film/FlyAwayHome'', ''Film/NeverCryWolf''), distributed by Creator/WarnerBros.
In South Africa, a cheetah cub is orphaned after his mother is killed by lions. Wandering outside the protected reserve where he lives, he's rescued and hand-raised by 12-year-old Xan and his parents. As time passes, the cub, now named Duma, becomes one of the family. Once Duma reaches maturity, Xan and his dad, Peter, make plans to send him back to the wild (albeit with some reluctance on Xan's part).
Suddenly, Peter falls ill and dies. Xan's mother, Kristin, is forced to lease the farm and move the family to Johannesburg, where they stay with her sister. On their first day in the city, Duma escapes and visits Xan's school, causing an uproar. To keep them from being separated by the authorities, Xan takes Duma on an epic journey over the border into Botswana to set the cheetah free, as Peter had planned. Along the way, they team up with Ripkuna, a drifter who may have designs on Duma himself, and Xan comes to terms with his father's death.
Starring Alex Michaeletos as Xan, Creator/CampbellScott as Peter, Creator/HopeDavis as Kristin, and Creator/EamonnWalker as Ripkuna.
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!!''Duma'' provides examples of:
* ABoyAndHisX: The story centers around a boy who adopts an orphaned cheetah cub, and forms a strong bond with him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: When we first meet Ripkuna, he doesn't offer many hints as to his backstory. Later on, we learn that [[spoiler: he left his village to find a better life for himself, but ultimately failed, and has [[WalkingTheEarth wandered aimlessly ever since]], regretting leaving his family. By film's end, he's back home to stay.]]
* ADogNamedDog: ''Duma'' is the word for cheetah in Swahili; Kristin suggests the name after Xan tries calling the cub such clichéd names as "Spots," "Speedy," or "Fuzzy."
* GoryDiscretionShot: When Duma's mother is killed, the camera cuts back to her cubs as soon as the lion catches her.
* HeroicSacrifice: {{Downplayed}}. Toward the end, Ripkuna shields Xan from a swarm of tsetse flies, letting himself get bitten instead. [[spoiler: Luckily, Xan finds someone to help treat the ensuing sleeping sickness.]]
* IWillFindYou: After Xan and Duma run away, Kristin sets out to find them.
* JustSoStory: Ripkuna tells one about why cheetahs have "tear lines" running from their eyes to their mouths.
-->''"There was a mother cheetah. She loved her cub very much. Then, one day, he got lost. And she searched and she searched, and she called and she called... And she cried so long and so hard, that her tears made black streaks down her face."''
* KilledOffscreen: In addition to Duma's mother, it's {{implied}} that his brothers and sisters were also killed by the lions (unless they moved on after killing the mother cheetah).
* TheMourningAfter: After Peter's sudden death, Xan grieves for much of the film's run time. He opens up about it to Ripkuna later in the story. Rip sympathizes with his feelings, but reminds the boy that the nature of life and death is unpredictable, and none of us know how long we have to live. This, along with seeing Duma go free, helps Xan to let go of his grief.
* PetBabyWildAnimal: Duma wanders away from the den after his mother's death, and is picked up by Xan and Peter outside the reserve fence. He grows to adulthood on their farm.
* RaisedInCaptivity: After finding him, Xan hand-rears Duma with his parents' help, and Duma begins to view the farm as his home.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story that inspired the film was written down in the book ''How It Was with Dooms'', by Kenyan native Carol Cawthra-Hopcraft, and her son, Xan. Unlike his film counterpart, Dooms never returned to the wild.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As the end credits begin, we see Xan settling back into life on the farm, and Duma living wild [[spoiler: with another cheetah whom he met before saying goodbye to his human friend]].
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