In My Country2005
In My Country (2005)
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Cast
as Langston Whitfield
as Anna Malan
as De Jager
as Dumi Mkhalipi
as Dumi Mkhalipi
as Anderson
as Elsa
as Edward Morgan
as Boetie
as Reverend Mzondo
as Albertina Sobandla
as Willem Malan
as Old Man in Wheelbarrow
as Felicia Rheinhardt
as De Smidt
as Adam Hartley
as Van Deventer
as De Smidt
as Peter Makeba
as One Man Band
as Taxi Driver
as B&B Lady
as Sgt. Dreyer
as Farmer
as Gilbert
as Kenneth
as Lionel
as Jack Marlon
as Mrs. Tabata
as Simon
as Chris
as Jonty
as Troy
as Deborah
as Johan
as Police General
as Tony Brown
as Perpetrator 1
as Brian
as Lilly
as Judge
as Newsreader
as Woman
as Woman
as Woman
as Woman
as Pilot
as De Jager's Security
as De Jager's Security
as De Jager's Security
as Taxi Driver
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as Commissioner
as 2nd Judge
as 3rd Judge
as Woman Phone Booth - Corn Field
as Herd Boy
as Langston's Father
as Langston's Mother-in-Law
as Deborah's Aunt
as Deborah's Aunt
as Inge
as Inge (Voice)
as Johan's Wife
as Malan Farmhouse Maid
as Crying Woman
as Farmer's Father-in-Law
as Farmer's Mother-in-Law
as Farmer's Daughter
as Perpetrator 2
as Old Man's Grandson
as Old Man's Comforter
as Albertina's Friend
as Albertina's Friend
as Albertina's Friend
as Langston's Driver
as Soccer Ref
as Boere Orkes Band
as Boere Orkes Band
as Boere Orkes Band
as Boere Orkes Band
as Boere Orkes Band
as Schempers
as Bottle Shop Owner
as Lizzie
as Alec's Wife
as PR Person
as Translator
as Translator
as Afrikaner Next to Anna at Hearing
as Woman With Applications
as Anna Look-a-Like
as Lily's Daughter
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Critic Reviews for In My Country
All Critics (81) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (63) | DVD (1)
It shows what can go wrong when a good-intentioned filmmaker mixes historical tragedy with Hollywood banality.
Ostensibly about the aftermath of apartheid, but the pain of a people serves only as a backdrop for the most contrived of love stories.
Is it a docudrama about South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings? Or is it love story? The problem with In My Country is that it tries to be both.
Black, white and clunky.
Need[s] to be seen, as essential history and as demonstration of a form of social reckoning where compassion triumphs over passion, and the olive branch over the gun.
Failing to get beyond trite Hollywood romantic conventions, sermonizing caricatures and 'I was just following orders' explanations does a great disservice to history.
Audience Reviews for In My Country
This movie moved at a snails pace. Its a serious and sad subject, but the way it was presented made it seem secondary to the budding, uninteresting romance.
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In My Country Quotes
| Anderson: | When this policeman hurts me, he hurts you. He hurts everyone in this world, but also himself. Nelson Mandela taught us this lesson. |
| Langston Whitfield: | Is this the human condition, that men anywhere will willingly commit atrocities so long as the law allows? |
| Anna Malan: | When this is all over, we can't jump on a plane and go home, We have to live together. |