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  • 2005
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  • Sony Pictures Classics
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  • 2005
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  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary A drama set against the backdrop of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, In My Country charts the lowest depths of pain and suffering and reveals the redeeming power of forgiveness and love. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directed By: John Boorman

Written By: Antjie Krog, Ann Peacock

  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 45 m

In My Country

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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Summary A drama set against the backdrop of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, In My Country charts the lowest depths of pain and suffering and reveals the redeeming power of forgiveness and love. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directed By: John Boorman

Written By: Antjie Krog, Ann Peacock

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
44
26% Positive
7 Reviews
52% Mixed
14 Reviews
22% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
44
26% Positive
7 Reviews
52% Mixed
14 Reviews
22% Negative
6 Reviews

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88
A stirring, large-souled movie.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
63
Although In My Country is charged with moments of grace and feeling, the film is ultimately betrayed by the clunky Jackson-Binoche romance.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
50
A clunky, obvious film, it makes the mistake of asking drama to do what documentary should.
By Melissa Levine FULL REVIEW
50
A disappointingly blunt, monochrome work.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
50
In My Country stands closest to "Hotel Rwanda," a similarly clumsy yet inescapably moving effort to confront the brutal consequences of colonial oppression.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
30
In their desire to humanize the big story, director John Boorman and screenwriter Ann Peacock ... have resorted to groan-inducing cliches and clunky narrative.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
10
It's a bad idea done disastrously.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Chartoff Productions, Film Afrika Worldwide, Film Consortium, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Merlin Films, Phoenix Pictures, Studio Eight Productions, UK Film Council
Release Date Mar 11, 2005
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation
Website http://www.juliettebinoche.net/in-my-country.html
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Awards

Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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