Invictus… Shows what a Game can do for a country.
A leader who wants to give his country an image it deserves. A leader who wants to show the power of forgiveness. A leader who thinks a game can be a fast track route for removing racism. These are some of the ways in which Nelson Mandela ran his country. And these are rightly shown in the latest Clint Eastwood release Invictus. Invictus is the name of a poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1875. And it was the poem which gave Nelson Mandela the strength he needed to stand when all he wanted was to lie down. Meaning, the poem gave him the strength to withstand his 27 years of Jail. The reason why this movie is named Invictus is, because this poem gave the captain of the South African rugby team the strength he needed to face the opponents when they where going through a bad patch. Coming to the film, the film starts during the time when the blacks in South Africa where getting their rights back and Nelson Mandela, the hero in their hearts. The date: 11 th Feb 1990 . And the ...