Invictus is a wonderful film directed by Clint Eastwood based on John Carlin’s book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation, which tells the friendship that develops between South Africa’s new president, Nelson Mandela, and The Springboks Captain Francois Pienaar, played respectively by Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.
However, we don’t want to talk about the technical details of this fantastic film in today’s article, on the contrary, we will focus on the values of friendship and overcoming that the film inspires.
- After leaving prison.
- Nelson Mandela assumed the presidency of a country divided and confronted with hatred and racism caused by segregation and apartheid.
But the ingenious activist finds a way to unify his nation, it’s just a matter of finding something in common, something he ends up discovering in South Africans’ passion for rugby, creating a meeting point within the Springboks, the national team.
However, the Springboks are going through a difficult stage in their careers, despite being one of the most powerful and important teams in the world, their game has declined and the team’s losses are constant.
Finally, Mandela managed to speak to Francois Pienaar, captain of the South African rugby team, hence a friendship that lasted until the president’s death and which allowed the Springboks to be world champions and the whole nation to unrag.
Friendship is a feeling of trust and affection among people, this is what happens when Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar meet, despite the initial disganonance of the white captain, the president’s insistence on forgiving and unifying leaving behind hatred and racism allows a beautiful relationship with emerge that will eventually be an example.
The example of friendship and affection that arises between Mandela and Pienaar is enough to reduce hatred and animosity not only in South Africa, but throughout the world, when two people wish with all their might to unite in a circle of affection, solidarity and mutual help, there is nothing on the planet that can separate them.
Every time there is a connection between people, we become much stronger, knowing that you have your friend, partner or brother by your side gives you enormous energies that allow you to work harder to get ahead and not lose your courage.
In this case, thanks to Mandela’s support and friendship, Francois Pienaar manages to strengthen and encourage some depressed Springboks players, who only know how to lose matches, much to the desperation of the whites and the joy of black South Africans.
However, Mandela’s joke and his eagerness to overcome, overcome, union and forgiveness, manages to forge a friendship between two people who end up joining an entire country in a great embrace, without looking at the person next to him, the color of his skin.
Finally, what remains is the people, their friendship and solidarity, Mandela’s support for Pienaar gave him the strength to pass it on to the rest of the team, the energy of the Springbok team is transmitted to an entire rugby-loving country that erupts with joy and joy when they win, thanks to the joint effort of millions of people who lean on and understand each other.
The most important lesson left to us by Invictus is that the unity and friendship of two people can wield enormous power over thousands of people who can change, support each other, forget grudges and arguments, and look in the same direction as one for strength and victory. .
We must not forget that together we are stronger and better, this is an excellent lesson that Invictus has given us. Friendship and solidarity allow us to leave behind hatred and loneliness, this alone is a great victory.