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Paula Milne (writer)
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A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa. | full synopsis
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(26 articles)
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Impressive, tightly played-out drama on the end of Apartheid
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Amelia Bullmore | ... | Gill | |
| Dominik Danielewicz | ... | Street Protestor | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | President Thabo Mbeki | |
| Kas Graham | ... | Protestor | |
| David Henry | ... | Professor Marinus Wiechers | |
| 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 | |
| Karl Thaning | ... | F.W. de Klerk's agent | |
| Ramon Tikaram | ... | Aziz Pahad | |
| Lizanne Tulip | ... | High Profile Banker | |
| Timothy West | ... | P.W. Botha |
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Rated PG-13 for violence/disturbing images and some strong language.
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Germany:109 min (European Film Market)
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #45654)
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Low Life
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Well-scripted and cast this made-for-TV drama would have to work hard to be ineffective. William Hurt, as a liberal Afrikaner university professor Esterhuyse bosses the drama. Thrown inbetween the ANC and Botha's implacable government as a way of coaxing talks into life he also has to withstand the insidious advances of insiders with other agendas. Chiwetel Ejiofor's Mbeki is an earnest character here but for reasons either of performance or historical reproduction he seems strangely marginal. Much more impressive is the (scarily similar) Mandela of Clarke Peters, played as a graceful man two steps ahead of whatever game he's introduced to.
There's a host of other cameos - I particularly liked Timothy West's Botha - which fill out the story. It's a competent production, albeit fighting an occasionally losing battle with period detail in central London (21st century buses and entryphone systems in 1985). Somerset looks beautiful too. It can be a bit cursory with the dangers a bit - the stakes that the 'players' face - but there's a lot to cram in. Above all one gets the sense of men trying to resolve things with a decorousness that must be the example for the ensuing national democracy. Stirring stuff. 7/10