A Reasonable Man

A Reasonable Man

Infobox Film
name = A Reasonable Man


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director = Gavin Hood
producer = Philip Key
Scott Meek
writer = Gavin Hood
starring = Gavin Hood
Janine Eser
Nigel Hawthorne
music = Neill Solomon
cinematography = Buster Reynolds
editing = Avril Beukes
distributor = Pandora Cinema
released = August 13, 1999
runtime = 103 mins.
country = flag|South Africa
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
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amg_id = 181325
imdb_id = 0178860

"A Reasonable Man" is a 1999 film directed by Gavin Hood.

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In this drama, a man dealing with the ghosts of his past defends a child whose cultural dictates differ with the law. Sean Raine (Hood) was born and raised in South Africa, but during his time as a soldier in that nation's army, he killed a young black man by mistake while fighting in Angola and has been plagued with guilt ever since. He left South Africa soon after; in time, he studied law and became a successful corporate attorney. While visiting South Africa for the first time in nine years, Sean and his wife Jennifer (Janine Eser) meet a herd boy named Sipho (Loyiso Gxwala) during a canoe trip. As they're returning to camp, Sean and Jennifer meet Sipho again, but this time he's in shock, standing motionless with a bloody axe in his hand as his mother carries the body of a baby with a fatal head injury. When questioned, Sipho asserts that what he killed was not a human infant but a tikoloshe, a creature cursed with evil spirits. Sean offers to defend Sipho, and as he stands before the court, he tries to explain to the judge (Nigel Hawthorne) and jury that Sipho was acting sincerely, in accordance with his faith, and therefore did not truly commit a crime.

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*imdb title|id=0178860|title=A Reasonable Man
*amg title|id=181325|title=A Reasonable Man


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