In My Country

May 4, 2004

1h 43m

★ 5.9

A South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation

Overview

An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Chartoff Productions

Merlin Films

Phoenix Pictures

In My Country Trailers

Cast

Langston Whitfield

Samuel L. Jackson

Anna Malan

Juliette Binoche

De Jagar

Brendan Gleeson

Boetie

Langley Kirkwood

Albertina Sobandla

Harriet Lenabe

Translator

Warona Seane

Van Deventer

Robert Hobbs

Felicia Rheinhardt

Fiona Ramsay

Adam Hartley

Charley Boorman

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10.0

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6.2

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7.6

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0.0

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6.4

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6.8

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7.8

Z

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6.4

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6.7

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7.6

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7.5

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6.3

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6.1

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6.3

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