
The Year of Living Dangerously(1982)
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.


“A South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation”
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

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
In My Country is a romance, drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of journalism, apartheid, justice. Directed by John Boorman, it stars Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson. An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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