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Director:
Pete Travis
Writer:
Paula Milne (writer)
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Genre:
Drama
Plot:
A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Amelia Bullmore ... Gill
Dominik Danielewicz ... Street Protestor

Chiwetel Ejiofor ... President Thabo Mbeki
Kas Graham ... Protestor

William Hurt ... Professor Will Esterhuyse

Derek Jacobi ... Rudolf Agnew

Langley Kirkwood ... W / O Jack Swart
Matthew Marsh ... F.W. de Klerk

Jonny Lee Miller ... Michael Young
Clarke Peters ... Nelson Mandela
Danny Scheinmann ... Albie Sachs

Mark Strong ... Dr. Niel Barnard

Jacques Strydom ... Roadblock Policeman
Ramon Tikaram ... Aziz Pahad

Lizanne Tulip ... High Profile Banker
Timothy West ... P.W. Botha
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:109 min (European Film Market)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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A hidden revolution, 15 May 2009
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Author: paul2001sw-1 (paul2001sw@yahoo.co.uk) from Saffron Walden, UK

The end of the hated Apartheid regime in South Africa is an uplifting story, but also, as told in this drama-documentary, an oddly undramatic one. There was no revolution, nor even a commitment to reform from within. Instead, as the system became increasingly untenable on the ground in the face of growing popular unrest, a series of unofficial negotiations between prominent Afrakaaners and the opposition were eventually endorsed by F.W. de Klerk shortly after his appointment as leader of the country, in a tacit acknowledgement that he had run out of other options. Undramatic maybe, but this is still a worthy retelling of the mechanics of the process. It's surprising to see Thabo Mbeki, later much criticised as a later south African leader when he denied that H.I.V. causes A.I.D.S., portrayed here in such a positive light. William Hurt is completely convincing as an Afrikaaner, while 'Wire' veteran Clarke Peters captures the essence of Nelson Mandela with a delicate performance . There's an element of hagiography in the film's treatment of the men who negotiated, but it is justifiably an uplifting story, especially in the knowledge of how, in the main, Mandela has managed to justify his status as virtual deity since his release; and how, for all its continuing problems, South African society has not collapsed with democracy.

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