In My Country (2004)

Directed by

John Boorman

Genre

drama film

Country

South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American journalist and an Afrikaner poet meet while covering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in post-apartheid South Africa. Their professional and personal lives become intertwined as they confront the country's painful past.

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What happens

In My Country is a 2004 drama film directed by John Boorman, and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche. It is centred around the story of Afrikaner poet Anna Malan (Binoche) and an American journalist, Langston Whitfield (Jackson), sent to South Africa to report about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings. The screenplay, written by Ann Peacock, was based on Antjie Krog's memoir Country of My Skull. A special screening of the film was held for Nelson Mandela in December 2003 in the presence of John Boorman, Juliette Binoche and Robert Chartoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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