Manderlay (2005)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Bryce Dallas Howard	...	Grace Margaret Mulligan
	Isaach De Bankolé	...	Timothy
	Danny Glover	...	Wilhelm
	Willem Dafoe	...	Grace's Father
	Michaël Abiteboul	...	Thomas
	Lauren Bacall	...	Mam
	Jean-Marc Barr	...	Mr. Robinsson
	Geoffrey Bateman	...	Bertie
	Virgile Bramly	...	Edward
	Ruben Brinkman	...	Bingo
	Doña Croll	...	Venus (as Dona Croll)
	Jeremy Davies	...	Niels
	Llewella Gideon	...	Victoria
	Mona Hammond	...	Old Wilma
	Ginny Holder	...	Elisabeth

Storyline

After gangster Mulligan's cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled, naive daughter Grace refuses to travel on after seeing the Manderlay cotton plantation being run under slavery rules, called Mam's law, inclusive flogging. She keeps half of dad's goons as guard to force the dying matriarch-owner's heirs, which she shamelessly dispossesses and reduces to 'staff', to taste destitution under absurd, gun-imposed contracts. The 'slaves' are made free partners, supposed to vote for progress after lessons from Grace. But almost all her democracy-pupils prove fickle, dumb and selfish, except old Willem. Her and their ignorance in Southern planting and crafty Dixie ways means more problems are created then solved. By the time dad returns to pick her up or abandon her for good, she's the one who has learned and changed the most. Written by KGF Vissers  

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