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Boesman and Lena

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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
John Berry
Athol Fugard (play)
Directed by: John Berry
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 3, 2000
DVD: May 8, 2001
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: France / South Africa
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, and Willie Jonah
Personal hardship and tragedy bring a man (Glover) and a woman (Bassett) to experience intense love and hate.
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database
What The Critics Said
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LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
A labor of love -- a swan song repaying a lifetime of happy debts to the theater, by grace of two terrific performances.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
About two people on a stage, talking their way into and out of alienation.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Cary Darling
Glover and especially Bassett give strong performances, shaking off their Hollywood patina and losing themselves in these gritty roles.
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Fugard’s classic minimalist drama comes eloquently to film.
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Gradually, the power of the material and the stars takes hold, flashbacks begin to flesh out the characters' lives, and Boesman & Lena comes alive--achingly and passionately.
Read Full Review >Film.com Jared Rapfogel
Glover and Bassett ground the film, in the flashbacks and in the body of the film, and lessen the riskiness of maintaining the play's theatricality.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
(Bassett's) finally been given another part worthy of her talents, and she makes the most of it.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Glover and Bassett play the title characters with great energy, and Berry has invested the movie with the moral conscience that underpinned his entire career.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Awfully poky, even for an art film.
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Stilted as a beach house, the movie crawls from one harangue to another.
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