Storyline

Teacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) mostly ignores the problems of apartheid in South Africa until he discovers that the son of a gardener (Winston Ntshona) at his school has been killed by corrupt policeman Stolz (Jürgen Prochnow). Du Toit persuades human rights attorney Ian McKenzie (Marlon Brando) to try the long-shot case against Stolz. During the trial, Du Toit's transformation into an advocate for justice is so absolute that it distances him from his family.

Plot Keywords

teacher, police officer, lawyer, gardener, gripping, rousing, powerful, profound, south africa, apartheid, racism, corruption, court battles, revenge, transformation, quest, 1970s

Short Review

[Euzhan Palcy] continues with the same concise, to the point directing. The characters' interactions are touching but not sentimental; the politics present without bathos, the excesses of brutality present without being gratuitous.

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