In My Country (2004)
Overview
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $12,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,491,434.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.277 |
Directed By
John Boorman
Crew
John Boorman
Ann Peacock
Antjie Krog
John Boorman
Robert Chartoff
Kieran Corrigan
Lynn Hendee
Seamus Deasy
Ron Davis
Moonyeenn Lee
Janet Meintjies
Emilia Roux
Derek Wallace
Emilia Roux
Graeme Blem
Fred Du Preez
Jo Katsaras
Allan A. Apone
Annette Keet
Robert L. Stevenson
Megan Tanner
Leon von Solms
Victoria Wood
Chris Auty
Sam Bhembe
Jamie Brown
Peter Fudakowski
Neil Peplow
Duncan Reid
Mfundi Vundla
David Wicht
Murray Anderson
Brendan Deasy
Caoimhe Doyle
John Fitzgerald
Pauline Griffiths
Tom Johnson
Joe Gilmore
Jenny Lee Wright
Roly Jansen
TOP CAST
Samuel L. Jackson
Langston Whitfield
Juliette Binoche
Anna Malan
Brendan Gleeson
De Jagar
Langley Kirkwood
Boetie
Harriet Lenabe
Albertina Sobandla
Warona Seane
Translator
Robert Hobbs
Van Deventer
Fiona Ramsay
Felicia Rheinhardt
Charley Boorman
Adam Hartley
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