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A Good Man in Africa (1994)
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Deep in the heart of Africa the British practice bizarre rituals. morePlot:
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A good book in Africa moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colin Friels | ... | Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner |
 | Sean Connery | ... | Dr. Alex Murray |
 | John Lithgow | ... | Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner |
| Diana Rigg | ... | Chloe Fanshawe |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Prof. Sam Adekunle |
 | Joanne Whalley | ... | Celia Adekunle (as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) |
| Sarah-Jane Fenton | ... | Priscilla Fanshawe |
| Maynard Eziashi | ... | Friday, Leafy's Houseman |
 | Jeremy Crutchley | ... | Dalmire |
| Jackie Mofokeng | ... | Hazel, Leafy's Mistress |
| Daphne Greenwood | ... | Duchess |
| Themba Ndaba | ... | Kojo |
| David Phetoe | ... | Isaiah |
| Dambuza Mdledle | ... | Sonny, Hazel's Brother |
| Lillian Dube | ... | Innocence, Maid who was struck by lightning |
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Visa d'exploitation en France : # 86827. moreQuotes:
Kojo: You're a good man, Mr. Leafy.Morgan Leafy: You think so? Well, better late than never.
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William Boyd is a good writer and verges on greatness at times but this film seems to suffer from too much money and talent, but not enough effort.
The book is funny. The naive Englishman Mr. Leafy tries to navigate through African politics and colonial interests. There are some interesting sexual subplots and classic scenes of trousers down British farce but the film loses all the subtlety and parody.
Sean Connery appears. He has a supporting role which threatens to overbalance the film, he stops the plot in its tracks.
Write William Write ! If I catch you behind a camera again, I'll pull out the plug and sit you down behind a typewriter until you come up with something as great as The New Confessions.