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A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

With this bracing drama, made at the climax of the anti-apartheid movement, director Euzhan Palcy issued a devastating indict­ment of South Africa’s racist government—and made history in the process, becoming the first black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film. White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal treatment comes crashing down on his gardener (Winston Ntshona), bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities. Based on a celebrated novel by André Brink and rooted in the first-hand research the Martinican Palcy did in South Africa into the way black people lived under apartheid, A Dry White Season is unflinching in its depiction of violence and its chronicling of injustice, making for a galvanizing tribute to those willing to sacrifice everything to fight oppression.


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Donald Sutherland Ben
Janet Suzman Susan
Zakes Mokae Stanley
Jürgen Prochnow Captain Stolz
Susan Sarandon Melanie
Marlon Brando McKenzie
Winston Ntshona Gordon
Thoko Ntshinga Emily
Leonard Maguire Bruwer
Gerard Thoolen Col. Viljoen
Susannah Harker Suzette
Andrew Whaley Chris
Rowen Elmes Johan
Stella Dickin Susan's Mother
David de Keyser Susan's Father
John Kani Julius
Sophie Mgcina Margaret
Bekhithemba Mpofu Jonathan
Tinashe Makoni Robert
Precious Phiri Wellington
Richard Wilson Cloete
Derek Hanekom Viviers
Michael Gambon Magistrate
Ronald Pickup Louw
Paul Brooke Dr. Herzog

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Edition details

Edition Criterion
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles English | French
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Dec 11, 2018
Regions Region A