Mehboob Bawa, Joseph Fiennes, Adrian Galley
GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
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February 13, 2008Adapted from the highly controversial book by former South African prison officer James Gregory, Goodbye Bafana tells the story of the relationship between Gregory (Fiennes) and inmate Nelson Mandela (Haysbert) over the course of 21 years. First on Robben Island and later ...( read more)
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November 10, 2009This film, specially at the end, brought back a lot of memories of watching the news footage of Nelson Mandela walk out of prison a free man.
Bit slow at times but I enjoyed it and I also learned a lot about Mr Mandela's imprisonment that I had not known before.
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October 27, 2009THIS ONE makes me cry when i watched it!
The story is very shocking! but all the performances were amazing, i didnt want it to finish!! -
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September 15, 2009This is an excellent movie. Joseph Fiennes and Dennis Haysbert in particular are excellent. I expected it to be boring, but it isn't. The story is told extremely well - there are funny and sad moments, and a good sense of the development of the situation in South Africa.
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July 20, 2009Daha önce Sefiller, Smilla ve Karlar gibi pek çok önemli edebiyat eserini beyazperdeye yans?tan, Fatih Pele ve Ruhlar Evi gibi filmleriyle tan?nan Bille August bu defa 20. yüzy?l tarihinin önemli isimlerinden biri olan Nelson Mandela?n?n çevresinde geçen bir hikâyeyi ele al?yor. ...( read more)
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June 28, 2009um excelente retrato dos 27 anos de prisão de Nelson Mandela, e uma atuação impecável de Joseph Fiennes!
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February 20, 2009Wonderfully directed by Danish director Bille August this movie is definitely worth seeing. It shows Nelson Mandela's life struggle for equal rights and freedom for South African black people and the end of Apartheid. No man in the world deserves to become 100 years...( read more)
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March 22, 2009Malem minggu saya nonton film ini di Metro TV, bagus sekali. Soal perjalanan karir seorang sipir penjara yang menjaga bertugas sebagai petugas sensor surat. Dia mendapat tugas khusus untuk mengintai aktivitas komunikasi Nelson Mandela.
Kemampuan bahasanya membawanya perjalan karir dan hidupnya terus bersama Mandela. Hebatnya, dia sempat mengundurkan diri ketika keinginannya untuk pindah tidak disetujui, tetapi akhirnya otoritas menyetujuinya karena ingin agar dia terus mengawasi Mandela. Mandela-pun dipindahkan ke tenpat tugasnya yang baru.
Pergaulannya dengan Mandela membuatnya menelusuri apa sebenarnya yang diperjuangkan Mandela, dan dia sadar bahwa apa yang diinformasikan secara resmi kepadanya tidak benar. Dia menjadi bersimpati kepada Mandela.
Ada kalimat yang sangat saya ingat dalam film ini ketika dia berbicara dengan istrinya,"Sejarah sedang dibuat, dan aku tidak mau ditinggalkan, aku ingin menjadi bagian dari sejarah."
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