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An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Top billed cast
Samuel L. JacksonLangston Whitfield
Juliette BinocheAnna Malan
Brendan GleesonDe Jagar
Langley KirkwoodBoetie
Harriet LenabeAlbertina Sobandla
Warona SeaneTranslator
Robert HobbsVan Deventer
Fiona RamsayFelicia Rheinhardt
Charley BoormanAdam Hartley
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