A Dry White Season

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Plot: Schoolteacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) has been insulated all his life from the horrors of apartheid in his native South Africa. Perhaps he really didn't want to know. When the son of his black...( read more read more... ) gardener is arrested and beaten as a result of a schoolboy protest in Soweto, at first he imagines the police must have had their reasons. However, the boy is picked up again, and this time he doesn't come back. Ben promises his servant that he will look into the incident, and discovers that the boy was killed simply to gratify the violent urges of Captain Stolz (Jurgen Prochnow), a "special branch" policeman. At long last he has gotten a glimpse into the truly arbitrary and violent nature of the system he has so long benefited from, and he hires Ian Mackenzie (Marlon Brando) to prosecute the killer. It is a foregone conclusion that Stolz will not be punished, but Mackenzie rises to new heights of withering sarcasm and irony in the courtroom. This situation turns Ben into a radical firebrand, which alienates him from his white friends and neighbors, as well as members of his family.

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  • RblWthACoz
    RblWthACoz
    3.5 Stars
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    January 10, 2008
    A look at the brutality and sin of apartheid era Suid Afrika. Donald Sutherland plays quite possibly the most naive Afrikaner ever born. I am not sure how possible it would be to live in the state of oblivion his character has been in. But hey, there you have it. A decent period piece meant to stir up resentment of a great evil against humanity at the time of its release.
  • thereeldeal
    thereeldeal
    3.0 Stars
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    October 10, 2007
    Pretty good film. Quite similar to "Biko" with Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington (which I somehow recall being more enjoyable). I believe this one is the darker of the two.
  • japthom
    japthom
    5.0 Stars
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    April 18, 2007
    what is the saying.....for evil to win,all it takes is for good men to do nothing.This movie shows what can happen when we don't get involved
  • brianpark08
    brianpark08
    0.5 Stars
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    December 10, 2006
    Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...

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