Release Date: 7/5/2005 Original Release: 2005 Format: DVD Length: 103 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: violence UPC: 043396070080 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Noted filmmaker John Boorman (DELIVERANCE, THE GENERAL, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA) addresses the complex emotional scars leftover from Apartheid in South Africa in IN MY COUNTRY. The events of the film take place during hearings conducted in 1996 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The purpose of the hearings was to shed light on the unfortunate atrocities committed during the time of persecution. Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) is a native Afrikaner poet whose is covering the hearings for state radio. During the proceedings, she meets Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) an American covering the matter for the Washington Post. Initially, the two don't get along. He thinks she shares collective guilt for cruelty that was carried out; she thinks he's a stubborn and ignorant American. Getting past those unfounded first impressions, the two fall in love.
Adapted from author Antjie Krog's memoirs, COUNTRY OF MY SKULL, the film features strong performances from both leads and by Brendan Gleeson in a supporting role as Colonel De Jager. IN MY COUNTRY asks an intriguing question about who should take the blame for what happened--the leaders, the soldiers, or the people who watched it happen and never protested.
DVD Features
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning Subtitles - French - Optional Additional Release Material: (4) Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by Director John Boorman Audio Commentary: John Boorman - Director Trailers: Previews Interviews: 1. Lynn Hendee, Mike Medavoy, Robert Chartoff - Producers 2. John Boorman - Director 3. Juliette Binoche - Star 4. Ann Peacock - Screenwriter
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