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User Rating:
5.4/10   145 votes
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Director:
John Berry
Writers:
John Berry (writer)
Athol Fugard (play)
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Release Date:
4 April 2001 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
When you have fallen into a pit, the edge of the ground is your horizon. more

Cast

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Danny Glover ... Boesman

Angela Bassett ... Lena
Willie Jonah ... Old Man
Graham Weir ... Recycle man
Anton Stoltz ... Farmer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Boesman & Lena (France)
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Language:
English | Afrikaans
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M | France:U | UK:12
Filming Locations:
Cape Town, South Africa

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When you have fallen into a pit, the edge of the ground is your horizon., 13 October 2001
7/10
Author: Martin-117 (research@doityourself.com) from Pretoria, South Africa

An absorbing (although repetitive and rather didactic) analysis of exploitation and despair in a situation where there is no way forward or up, where the attempts to make yourself feel better by violating and putting down whoever is below you seems to be the only option. But even here, in this desolate wasteland of lost dreams and no future, that does not work, and reaching out to something or someone to comfort and share with, a simple act of charity, gives some reward, even if it just makes the present bearable by reviving memories of the past.

Although there is little actual on screen violence, this is a harsh and brutal film about the small mindedness of oppression (politically and personally) that does not make for easy entertainment. Clearly based on a play, with a small cast, a broader more expansive relation to the general social and political environment would possibly have helped the film to reach a wider audience.

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