A Dry White Season (1989)

Directed by

Euzhan Palcy

Genre

drama film, trial film

Country

South Africa, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A white South African schoolteacher becomes gradually aware of the brutal injustice of apartheid after his Black gardener is wrongfully arrested. He tries to seek justice through the legal system but faces resistance and danger.

thoughtfulsombertenseslow-burngrittyemotionally heavyrestrainedsobering

What happens

A Dry White Season is a 1989 American drama film directed by Euzhan Palcy, and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It was written by Colin Welland and Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel A Dry White Season. Robert Bolt also contributed uncredited revisions of the screenplay. It is set in South Africa in 1976 and deals with the subject of apartheid. Brando was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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