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Format: VHS
Jul 1996
Rated PG-13
Recording Mode: Stereo
Sound: HiFi, Stereo
Closed Captioned
120 min.
Color
UPC: 786936008166 |
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Movie Description
This adaptation of Alan Paton's 1948 novel travels from a Zulu village to the urban sprawl of Johannesburg with a black pastor who's searching for his sister and his estranged son. A wealthy man whose son has been murdered by the pastor's now-condemned son meets with the pastor and they sow the seeds of reconciliation while commiserating over their losses. This was the first film to emanate from democratic South Africa.
Synopsis
The third film adaptation of Alan Paton's novel. Father Stephen Kumalo lives in a small South African town, detached from the Apartheid-related hardships of the larger cities. But when he receives a letter indicating that his sister is in trouble, Father Kumalo journeys to Johannesburg. Once there, his eyes are opened to the violence, poverty, and hardships that his fellow countrymen must suffer. After an arduous search, Kumalo finds his sibling and later his estranged son, only to find that both are engaged in illegal activities just to stay alive. Furthermore, Kumalo's son has killed a white man. Father Kumalo realizes that he faces an uphill battle if he is going to keep his reunited family together.
Film Notes
Screened at the 1995 Toronto Film Festival.
Co-produced in association with Videovision Entertainment and Investec Bank Limited.
Released theatrically in New York City on December 15, 1995.
The film was the first major motion picture made in the newly democratic South Africa.
Another adaptation of the same novel, "Lost in the Stars," was released in 1974. That version contained Broadway songs by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson.
Industry Reviews
"...CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY confers a mythic, tragic dimension to South Africa's brutal past while evoking a spiritual dimension in pointing to a future of racial equality and harmony..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (12/15/1995)
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