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14 April 2005 (Netherlands) morePlot:
Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant (Swank), meanwhile, returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo, as well as Steve Sizela, Mpondo's friend who arrested along with him and never heard from again. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Beautiful, absorbing and thought-provoking moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jamie Bartlett | ... | Dirk Hendricks | |
| Hilary Swank | ... | Sarah Barcant | |
| Ian Roberts | ... | Piet Müller | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | Alex Mpondo | |
| Hlomla Dandala | ... | Oscar Dumasi | |
| James Ngcobo | ... | Ezekiel | |
| Glen Gabela | ... | Themba | |
| Connie Mfuku | ... | Alex's Aunt | |
| Sylvaine Strike | ... | Woman at House | |
| Greg Latter | ... | Mannie Bester | |
| Zaa Nkweta | ... | Reporter | |
| Marius Weyers | ... | Ben Hoffman | |
| Sam Phillips | ... | Elder (as Sam Philllips) | |
| Elize Cawood | ... | Anna Hoffman | |
| Mawongo Tyawa | ... | James Sizela (as Mawonga Dominic Tyawa) |
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Brazil:14 | USA:R | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Iceland:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15Filming Locations:
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Not knowing a great deal about the Truth and Reconciliation commission, I can only look at this as a piece of entertainment. I started watching it too late in the evening (recorded from BBC2 earlier this year) but once I'd started I had to watch to the end.
The down-side is that it's effectively a courtroom drama - never my favourite genre - but it's stunningly photographed (largely in super-saturated ochres) and well acted. Like a good novel, I couldn't put it down. All the way through, I wished I was watching it in a cinema to do the music and photography justice. What happened to its release in theatres? I'm an admirer of Chiwetel Ejiofor since I saw him in Dirty Pretty Things, and Hilary Swank looks terrific in this - very female and sexy for a change (possibly out of place, but she adds to the visual attractiveness of the film).
This picture deserves a wider audience than it seems to be getting.