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Mood:
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- JournalismPoliticsIdealismInterracial RelationsDiscriminationPolitical UnrestRacismInjustice more...
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- DramaHistoricalPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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- AfricaSouth Africa
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- Based on Book
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In My Country, 2004
English, Afrikaans
UK, Ireland, South Africa
Profile of In My Country
The mood of In My Country is thought provoking, emotional, and sincere. The plot centers around discrimination, journalism, and idealism. It is a drama, period, and historical movie. In approach, In My Country is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is South Africa. In My Country happens in the 1990s. It is based on a book. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.
Summary of In My Country
Noted filmmaker John Boorman (DELIVERANCE, THE GENERAL, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA) addresses the complex emotional scars leftover from Apartheid in South Africa in IN MY COUNTRY. The events of the film take place during hearings conducted in 1996 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The purpose of the hearings was to shed light on the unfortunate atrocities committed during the time of persecution. Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) is a native Afrikaner poet whose is covering the hearings for state radio. During the proceedings, she meets Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) an American covering the matter for the Washington Post. Initially, the two don't get along. He thinks she shares collective guilt for cruelty that was carried out; she thinks he's a stubborn and ignorant American. Getting past those unfounded first impressions, the two fall in love.
Adapted from author Antjie Krog's memoirs, COUNTRY OF MY SKULL, the film features strong performances from both leads and by Brendan Gleeson in a supporting role as Colonel De Jager. IN MY COUNTRY asks an intriguing question about who should take the blame for what happened--the leaders, the soldiers, or the people who watched it happen and never protested.
Details
| Language: | English, Afrikaans |
| Country: | UK, Ireland, South Africa |
| Release date: | 11 March 2005 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as Anna Malan
as Langston Whitfield
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Stephen Cole
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
