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Expected Release Date: September 3rd, 2004 (LA/NY); expands to other cities at later dates
Description: Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) 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 Col.
De Jager, the most notorious torturer in the SA Police and tries to penetrate
the mind of a monster, an experience that obliges him to confront his own
demons. Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche), 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 both 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 both 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.
Cast: Samuel L Jackson (Langston Whitfield), Juliette Binoche (Anna Malan), Brendan Gleeson, Nick Boraine, Menzi Ngubane; other cast not announced yet.
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