SINOPSIS
Langston Whitfield is a Washington Post journalist. His editor provocatively sends him to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides during Apartheid are invited to come forward and confront their victims. By telling the unvarnished truth and expressing contrition, they may be granted amnesty. Can the deep wounds of Apartheid be healed through reconciliation? Langston is deeply skeptical. He tracks down Colonel De Jager, the most notorious torturer in the South African Police and tries to penetrate the mind of a monster, an experience that obliges him to confront his own demons. Anna Malan is an Afrikaans poet who is covering the hearings for radio. As a white South African, she is shattered by the accounts of the cruelty and depravity committed by her fellow countrymen. Anna and Langston must question their sense of identity. Where do they each belong? How responsible are they for what is done in the name of their respective countries? The moving testimony of the victims affects them deeply. In different ways they are estranged from their families, and their shared experience draws them ever closer to each other. It is a story charting the unfathomable depths of human cruelty and the redeeming power of forgiveness and love.
- Juliette BinocheAnna Malan
- Samuel L. JacksonLangston Whitfield
- Brendan GleesonCol. de Jager
- Menzi NgubaneDumi Mkhalipi
- Sam NgakaneAnderson
- Aletta BezuidenhoutElsa Malan
- Lionel NewtonEdward Morgan
- Langley KirkwoodBoetie Malan
- Owen SejakeReverend Mzondo
- Harriet LenabeAlbertina Sobandla
- Louis van NiekerkWillem Malan
- Jeremiah NdlovuOld Man in Wheelbarrow
- Fiona RamsayFelicia Rheinhardt
- Dan RobbertseSgt. de Smidt
- Robert HobbsVan Deventer
- Lwando NondzabaPeter Makeba
- Trix PienaarB&B Lady
- Greg LatterSgt. Dreyer
- Albert MaritzFarmer - van der Weyden
- Sizwe MsutuGilbert
- Dumisani MbebeKenneth
- Sunu GoneraLionel
- Nick BoraineJack Marlon
- Charley BoormanAdam Hartley
- Connie ChiumeVirginia Tabata