Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
This incredibly powerful film deals intelligently with the devastatingly brutal tensions surrounding the explosive issues within assumed class tiers and the racially incongruous tempest that was the violent melting pot of southern Africa.
Sutherland's performance is one of his finest, ably backed up by Susan Sarandon. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Donald Sutherland - Janet Suzman - Zakes Mokae Director(s): Euzhan Palcy DVD Release Date: Released the 08 November 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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"I try very hard never to distort or dissemble," says Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins), a draughtsman of considerable talent contracted by a certain Mrs. Herbert (Janet Suzman) to make 12 drawings for her absent husband of their English estate. Part of that contract involves Mr. Neville taking his pleasure, and that pleasure is Mrs. Herbert. While Mr. Neville aims for fidelity in his drawings, infidelity in private is quite another matter. Then the film becomes a cerebral puzzle when objects start appearing mysteriously in the subjects of Mr. Neville's various drawings: a ladder that wasn't there before, a pair of boots standing in a field. Mr. Neville's penchant for realism is stymied by these clues, which may or may not suggest the murder of... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Anthony Higgins - Janet Suzman Director(s): Peter Greenaway DVD Release Date: Released the 14 December 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This is a top rate produced movie. The story keeps moving along at a good pace and keeps the interest wondering what is going to happen next. I had read the book but not seen the movie. I want to read the book again to compare. It was a long movie but apparently it was special because I didn't fall asleep. I was in St. Petersburg this summer and went on a tour called "The Last of the Romanov's. We went in the last house Nicholas and Alexandra lived in before being exiled to Silberia. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Michael Jayston - Janet Suzman Director(s): Franklin J. Schaffner DVD Release Date: Released the 24 August 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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