- In My Country
Infobox Film | name = In My Country
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director =John Boorman
producer =John Boorman Kieran Corrigan Robert Chartoff Lynn Hendee
Mike Medavoy
writer =Antjie Krog Ann Peacock
starring =Samuel L. Jackson Juliette Binoche Brendan Gleeson music = [Murray C. Anderson & Warrick Sony [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrick_Sony] ]
cinematography =
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distributor =Columbia TriStar
released =11 March 2004
runtime = 103 min.
language = English
budget = $12,000,000 US (est.)
imdb_id = 0349260
mpaa_rating ="In My Country" is a 2004
film directed byJohn Boorman , starringSamuel L. Jackson andJuliette Binoche . The screenplay, written by Ann Peacock, was based onAntjie Krog 's memoir "Country of My Skull ".A special screening of the film was held for
Nelson Mandela in December 2003 in the presence of John Boorman, Juliette Binoche and Robert Chartoff. Mandela liked the film and provided producers with a quote for promotion of the film::"A beautiful and important film about South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It will engage and influence not only South Africans, but people all over the world concerned with the great questions of human reconciliation, forgiveness, and tolerance."Plot
The movie deals with the story of
Afrikaner poet Anna Malan (Binoche) and an American journalist, Langston Whitfield (Jackson), sent toSouth Africa to report about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.Awards
Berlin Film Festival 2004
* Winner of Diamond Cinema for Peace Award 2004 -External links
*imdb title|id=0349260|title=In My Country
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