In My Country

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In My Country
©Sony Pictures Classics 2005
Directed by	John Boorman
Produced by	John Boorman Kieran Corrigan Robert Chartoff Lynn Hendee Mike Medavoy
Written by	Antjie Krog Ann Peacock
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson Juliette Binoche Brendan Gleeson
Music by	[[Murray C. Anderson & Warrick Sony[[1]]]]
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar
Release date(s)	11 March 2004
Running time	103 min.
Language	English
Budget	$12,000,000 US (est.)
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In My Country is a 2004 film directed by John Boorman, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche. The screenplay, written by Ann Peacock, was based on Antjie Krog's memoir Country of My Skull.

A special screening of the film was held for Nelson Mandela in December 2003 in the presence of John Boorman, Juliette Binoche and Robert Chartoff. Mandela liked the film and provided producers with a quote for promotion of the film:
"A beautiful and important film about South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It will engage and influence not only South Africans, but people all over the world concerned with the great questions of human reconciliation, forgiveness, and tolerance."

[edit] Plot

The movie deals with the story of Afrikaner poet Anna Malan (Binoche) and an American journalist, Langston Whitfield (Jackson), sent to South Africa to report about the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.