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Writers:
John Greyson (script)
Jack Lewis (script)
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An interracial gay love story set in early 18th century South Africa about two men -- a black prisoner living in a Cape Town penal colony and a Dutch sailor -- who weather injustices as a result of their affair. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Rouxnet Brown ... Claas Blank

Shaun Smyth ... Virgil Niven

Neil Sandilands ... Rijkhaart Jacobz
Kristen Thomson ... Kate
Tessa Jubber ... Elize
Terry Norton ... Betsy
Adrienne Pierce ... Tinnie (as Adrienne Pearce)
Grant Swanby ... Willer
Brett Goldin ... Lourens
A.J. van der Merwe ... Settler
Dean Lotz ... Governor
Jeroen Kranenburg ... Scholz
Johan Jacobs ... Nama Prisoner
Katrina Kaffer ... Kaness
Kwanda Malunga ... Claas (age 10)
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Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:97 min
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Love in a hot climate, 15 March 2006
Author: PaulLondon from United Kingdom

When the film began the flat DV photography and poor subtitling made me wonder if this was going to be worth the effort. With its anachronisms and stylised start it would be too easy to write this off as sub-Jarman. But, it is worth sticking with this 'historical' inter-racial love story set in South African as its themes of intolerance are still relevant today.

Although the low budget is very obvious, so is director Greyson's imagination and belief in this project. An interesting film which almost scuppers itself with its bad start but which redeems itself as it progresses.

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