IN MY COUNTRY
by John Boorman
synopsis
The story is told through the eyes of Langston Whitfield, a Washington Post journalist sent to South Africa to cover the TRC hearings. Coming face to face with the perpetrators of murder and the victims of torture on both sides of the political divide, Whitfield is forced to face his own demons.
international title: | COUNTRY OF MY SKULL |
original title: | IN MY COUNTRY |
country: | Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, United States |
sales agent: | The Works International |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | John Boorman |
film run: | 103' |
screenplay: | Ann Peacock, Ann Peacock |
cast: | Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane, Nick Boraine, Lionel Newton, Sam Ngakane |
cinematography by: | Seamus Deasy |
film editing: | Ron Davis |
art director: | Derek Wallace |
costumes designer: | Jo Katsaras |
producer: | John Boorman, John Boorman, Robert Chartoff, Kieran Corrigan, Lynn Hendee, Mike Medavoy |
production: | Merlin Films (IE), Film Afrika (FR), Studio Eight productions Ltd (UK), Chartoff Productions, Phoenix Pictures (USA) |
distributor: | Lucky Red (IT), Sony Picture Classique (FR) |