In My Country
In My Country ★★ Country of My Skull 2004 (R)
High-minded, well-intentioned, and ohsoserious neocolonial drama. Based on the memoir “Country of My Skull” by Afrikaans poet Antjie Krog, a personal account of the 1996 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, investigating human rights abuses under apartheid. Washington Post reporter Langston Whitfield (Jackson) covers the hearings and meets poet/journalist Anna Malan (Binoche), who's doing daily radio broadcasts about the event. They each have their prejudices; they argue and, no surprise, find romance. The strongest moments are actually between Whitfield and his interviewee, Col. De Jager (Gleeson), a brutal cop who tries to explain his actions. Binoche seems merely bewildered. 100m/C DVD . US GB IR Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi “Ngubs” Ngubane, Sam Ngakane, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Lionel Newton, Langley Kirkwood, Owen Sejake, Harriet Manamela, Louis Van Niekirk, Jeremiah Ndlovu, Fiona Ramsay, Charley Boorman; D: John Boorman; W: Ann Peacock; C: Seamus Deasy.