Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Regisseur:

Darrell Roodt

Drehbuchautoren:

Ronald Harwood (writer)
Alan Paton (novel)

Premierendatum:

15. Dezember 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Divided by injustice. Two men unite.

Plot:

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city. |

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Death Penalty | Apartheid | 1940s | Murder

Filmpreise:

1 win & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A 5 hanky story if you're NOT easily moved.

Besetzung

James Earl Jones	...	Rev Stephen Kumalo
Tsholofelo Wechoemang	...	Child
Richard Harris	...	James Jarvis
Charles S. Dutton	...	John Kumalo
Dolly Rathebe	...	Mrs. Kumalo
Ramalao Makhene		(as Ramolao Makhene)
Jack Robinson	...	Ian Jarvis
Jennifer Steyn	...	Mary Jarvis
Patrick Ndlovu	...	Man 1
Darlington Michaels	...	Man 2
King Twala	...	Man 3
Somizi Mhlongo	...	Young Thief
Sam Ngakane	...	Mafolo
Vusi Kunene	...	Theophilus Msimangu
John Whiteley	...	Father Vincent

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for emotional thematic elements and brief language.

Länge:

106 Min

Produktionsland:

South Africa | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Drakensburg, South Africa

Firma:

Alpine Pty Limited

Dialogzitate:

Robert Ndela: Sir... to my knowledge, your son never said... he believed in something, unless he believed it.
James Jarvis: I would like nothing better... than to understand my boy.
Robert Ndela: He's the only man I've ever met, black or white, who saw me for what I am. What I really am.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Neufassung von Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)

Soundtrack:

Exile

A 5 hanky story if you're NOT easily moved.

I could not believe as I read other reviewers of this movie that they thought it "irrelevant"! The struggle for equality, peace and love is NEVER irrelevant. This was a movie that by any standards is brillant and moving. James Earl Jones does a magnificent job of playing the main character with dignity and restraint. He makes you suffer with him as a result. A drama coach I once had told me, don't you cry, let them cry. He does both through his amazing minimalist acting. He doesn't waste himself on meaningless gestures & histronics, he lets you see the suffering of his soul. Equally brillant is Richard Harris as the father of the son killed by Jones' son. These two men are brought together in the worst of circumstances and that is when the true character of the man is revealed. Despite all his racist comments earlier in the movie, he overcomes his own self-hate (translated to Africans) to see the bigger picture that his own son knew all along. Someone once said, you cannot hate anything in someone else, unless it reflects something you hate within yourself. Through the pain & death of his son, he transcends his own sense of self-loathing. He sees with the eyes of love that people are just people, no matter what color their skin is. A movie that communicates that is never irrelevant or unimportant.