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In My Country

In My Country

A South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation

2004•1h 43m•5.9/10
RomanceDrama

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5.9/10(52)

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

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Production

Chartoff Productions, Merlin Films, Phoenix Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Langston Whitfield

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

Anna Malan

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

De Jagar

Langley Kirkwood

Langley Kirkwood

Boetie

Harriet Lenabe

Harriet Lenabe

Albertina Sobandla

Warona Seane

Warona Seane

Translator

Robert Hobbs

Robert Hobbs

Van Deventer

Fiona Ramsay

Felicia Rheinhardt

Charley Boorman

Charley Boorman

Adam Hartley

Menzi Ngubane

Menzi Ngubane

Dumi Mkhalipi

Sam Ngakane

Anderson

Aletta Bezuidenhout

Aletta Bezuidenhout

Elsa Malan

Lionel Newton

Lionel Newton

Edward Morgan

Owen Sejake

Owen Sejake

Reverend Mzondo

Louis Van Niekerk

Willem Malan

Jeremiah Ndlovu

Old Man in Wheelbarrow

Dan Robbertse

Dan Robbertse

Sgt. de Smidt

Lwando Nondzaba

Peter Makeba

Trix Pienaar

B&B Lady

Greg Latter

Greg Latter

Sgt. Dreyer

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