21,800 vicitims told their stories to the truth and reconciliation commission. 1,163 perpetrators were given amnesty, beginning the process of healing the wounds of apartheid.

Set against the backdrop of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, Washington Post journalist Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) meets Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) an Afrikaans poet covering the hearings for South African state media.

His horror at the revelations at the truth commission leads to instant animosity between Langston and Anna, but as he becomes increasingly drawn into her world and her passion for the country of her birth, he softens his stance and, against his will and principles, falls in love with the white African.

This is a re-cut version of Country Of My Skull.




John Boorman: Director
Ann Peacock: Writer - based on the novel by Antjie Krog
Antjie Krog: Source
Lynn Hendee: Producer
John Boorman: Producer
Mike Medavoy: Producer
Robert Chartoff: Producer
Kieran Corrigan: Producer
David Wicht: Producer
Sam Bhembe: Exec. Producer
Duncan Reid: Exec. Producer
Neil Peplow: Exec. Producer
Mfundi Vundla: Exec. Producer
Chris Auty: Exec. Producer
Jamie Brown: Exec. Producer
Niles E. Helmboldt: Assoc. Producer
Peter Fudakowski: Assoc. Producer
Seamus Deasy: Cinematographer
Ron Davis: Editor
Philip King: Musical Composer
Derek Wallace: Production Designer
Emilia Roux: Art Director
Graeme Blem: Set Decorator
Fred Du Preez: Set Decorator
Jo Katsaras: Costumes
Moonyeen Lee: Casting
Janet Meintjies: Casting
Graham Jack: Special Effects
Brendan Deasy: Sound - mixer
Megan Tanner: Make Up
Annette Keet: Make Up


Cast
Samuel L. Jackson: Langston Whitfield
Juliette Binoche: Anna Malan
Brendan Gleeson: De Jager
Menzi "Ngubs" Ngubane: Dumi Mkhalipi
Sam Ngakane: Anderson
Aletta Bezuidenhout: Elsa
Lionel Newton: Edward Morgan
Langley Kirkwood: Boetie
Owen Sejake: Reverend Mzondo
Harriet Manamela: Albertina Sobandla
Louis Van Niekirk: Willem Malan
Jeremiah Ndlovu: Old Man in Wheelbarrow
Fiona Ramsay: Felicia Rheinhardt
Daniel Robbertse: De Smidt
Robert Hobbs: Van Deventer
Paul Dirkson: One man band
Lwando Nondzaba: Peter Makeba
Trix Pienaar: B&B Lady
Greg Latter: Sgt. Dreyer
Albert Maritz: Farmer
Sizwe Msutu: Gilbert
Dumisani Mbebe: Kenneth
Sunu Gonera: Lionel
Nick Boraine: Jack Marlon
Charley Boorman: Adam Hartley
Connie Chiume: Mrs. Tabata
Seamus Keir: Simon
Nicholas Andrews: Chris
Justin Creasey: Jonty
Junior Singo: Jonty
Yolanda Methvin: Deborah
Grant Swanby: Johan
Paul Eilers: Police General
Anthony Fridjohn: Tony Brown
Bheki Vilakazi: Perpetrator 1
Louw Venter: Alec
Wayne Harrison: Brian
Terry Norton: Lilly
Andre Jacobs: Judge
Alyce Chavunduka: Newsreader
Lillian Dube: Women
Namhla Ndlovu: women
Lee Duru: women
Nambitha Mpumlwana: women
Garrick Hagon: Pilot
Johan Marais: De Jager's Security
Moragn O'Callaghan: De Jager's Security
Frederrick Dannhauser: De Jager's Security
Andrew Johnson: Taxi Driver
Lilian Khumalo: Commissioners
Genesis Canda: Commissioners
Tony Finley: Commissioners
Biah Mokgobu: Commissioners
Anthony Karriem: Commissioners
Milton Daka: Commissioners
Hiportia Hlatana: Commissioners
Jefferine October: Commissioners
Noliyanda Pike: Commissioners
Beverly Bownes: Commissioners
Justice Khontyo: 2nd Judge
Denzil Cambel: 3rd Judge
Christina Ntsomi: Woman Phone Booth/Corn Field
Xhantyi Nqayi: Herd Boy
Lulama Nombiba: Langston's Father
Jean Abrahams: Langston's Mother In Law
Thami Ngubeni: Deborah's Aunt
Cindi Sampson: Deborah's Aunt
Michelle Zaaiman: Inge
Natasha Kotze: Inge v/o
Natalie Dippenaar: Johan's Wife
Zoliswa Mabawa: Malan Farmhouse Maid
Elizabeth Mokoatsana: Crying Woman
John Coom: Farmer's Father In Law
Noel Coom: Farmer's Mother In Law
Shannen Mackay: Farmer's Daughter
Xola Luse: Perpetrator 2
Sacky Veto: Old Man's Grandson
Mohogany Singiswa: Old Man's Comforter
Moho Seabela: Albertina's Friend
Zingisa Kobo: Albertina's Friend
Landiwe Hans: Albertina's Friend
John Zacharis: Langston's Driver
Jamo Jahjah: Soccer Ref
Brian Niewoudt: Boere Orkes Band
Nic Du Toit: Boere Orkes Band
Stompie Heyns: Boere Orkes Band
Susanna Vermeulen: Boere Orkes Band
Paul Dirkson: One Man Band
Russell Johnson: Schempers
Morris Uberstein: Bottle Shop Owner
Thembi Mtshali: Lizzie
Lara Bye: Alec's Wife
Marisa Sarfatti: PR Person
Phumla Stamper: Translator
Warona Seane: Translator
John Langemann: Afrikaner Next to Anna at Hearing
Nkuli Kgositsile: Woman with Applications
Suzanne Bassett: Anna look-a-like
Amber Stodel: Lily's Daughter
Yavor Radkov: Taxi Driver

DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005
Studio: Sony Pictures
Run Time: 103 minutes
Format DVD : AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: Afrikaans, English
Subtitles: French
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
ASIN: B0009I8QGI