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In My Country [2005] | ![In My Country [2005]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AG2TXWZJL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: John Boorman
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Pal
Languages: Danish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822796836
ASIN: B000BPNCUY
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: September 18, 2006
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Condition: Brand New & Sealed, Shipped From The UK
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 A View into South Africa January 15, 2007
Francisco (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The film is based on an autobiographical account of that period, Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog. At the start of the film we are told about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and that the stories portrayed in the film have been "faithfully re-enacted".
Anna (Binoche) is a South African radio journalist and poet. It's late 1995 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is just about to be launched. At the press conference she meets her new sound engineer, Dumi (Ngubane), and an American journalist, Langston Whitfield (Jackson), covering the Commission for the Washington Post. Anna and Langston fight as he holds her, as an Afrikaan, responsible for the atrocities of the Apartheid regime and sees the TRC as a way of letting the perpetrators off.
There are two basic stories: there's the relationship between Anna and Langston, and there's the story of Anna finding out the terrible things that were done in the name of the Afrikaan race. There's also a subplot, which shows us how events effect her family.
In many ways it's reminiscent of Beyond Borders and Out of Africa. The film discusses the legacy of Apartheid as well as telling us Anna's journey (mainly the emotional one).
The characterisation is good and it is well acted. The discussion adds to the film.
I liked it a lot but there seems to be something missing from the film and I can't put my finger on what that is.
 In My Country is A Disappointment January 6, 2008
Jean Michel (Scotland)
This film illustrates how having a cover with a well known and respected actor and actress does not necessarily deliver a good film. The subject matter is complex, but the endeavour to explore the process of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it bears witness to the attrocities commited in the name of apartheid is sadly empty. The script lacks punch and provides a somewhat sanitised portrayal of the lead characters. The cliches keep rolling along and the lead characters provide somewhat unconvincing mouthpieces for the more poignant thoughts relating to the subject matter. At times their spoken thoughts are so banal as to almost insult the audience. The film therefore lacks credulity as a serious piece of cinema and with a number of excessively contrived scenes and situations leaves one wondering how it came to the screen.
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