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In My Country
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Anna Malan
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De Jager
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Dumi Mkhalipi
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Anderson
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Elsa
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Edward Morgan
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Boetie
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Owen Sejake | ... |
Reverend Mzondo
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Harriet Lenabe | ... |
Albertina Sobandia
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Louis van Niekerk | ... |
Willem Malan
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Jeremiah Ndlovu | ... |
Old Man in Wheelbarrow
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Fiona Ramsey | ... |
Felicia Rheinhardt
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De Smidt
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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 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 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 ... Written by donal
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A South African Story of Truth, Love and ReconcilliationMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, including descriptions of atrocities, and for a scene of violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
7 May 2004 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
In My Country See more »Filming Locations:
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Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$22,383 (USA) (11 March 2005)Gross:
$163,536 (USA) (17 June 2005)Company Credits
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Nelson Mandela: Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
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Composed by Murray Anderson & Warrick Swinney
Arranged as Love Theme by Murray Anderson, Warrick Swinney & Philip King
Performed by Murray Anderson & Orchestra
Published by Hi-Z Sound
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[first lines]Nelson Mandela: Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
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"Uthando"Composed by Murray Anderson & Warrick Swinney
Arranged as Love Theme by Murray Anderson, Warrick Swinney & Philip King
Performed by Murray Anderson & Orchestra
Published by Hi-Z Sound
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Country of My Skull manages to address a subject that no Hollywood film has touched, to my knowledge. Jackson's character navigates the anger and frustration any black person would feel about the situation of racist South Africa (where to this day the tiny white population owns an overwhelming majority of the land) during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and his respect for a white South African, played by Binoche.
It is interesting that while Jackson is assigned by the Washington Post to report on the Commission, he has to struggle to make the headlines in the United States even though it is an important issue. I think this says quite a lot about our free press.