Country of My Skull

2004
15
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.A journalist and a poetess meet during the hearings of South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Featured review

6/10

Better than many overseas reviewers realise

This movie is flawed, but it's not over-dramatic or misleading. The grieving style of the victims is very realistic. The TRC scenes are a dead ringer for the real thing, and I HAVE seen both. The idea of Ubuntu is simple and the movie doesn't "oversimplify it". It also doesn't state that all South Africans believe in Ubuntu - far from it. It's odd that so many overseas reviewers think they know that the movie is pandering to them and oversimplifying Africa. Cleary it's not simplifying it enough! Sure, having overseas actors means it's a bit foreign, but if there weren't big name international stars in it you might not be able to find the damn thing on this site. oh, and by the way, Realise is spelled with an S in Africa.

jbarker-13
Jun 21, 2005
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Trivia
After seeing this film Nelson Mandela called it, "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."

Goofs
All number plates on vehicles throughout the film (apart from archival footage) are fake and do not follow the format of older South African number plates.

Quotes
Anna Malan: [last lines - voiceover] Because of you, this land no longer lies between us but within. It breathes becalmed, after being wounded in its wondrous throat. In the cradle of my skulll it sings, it ignites my tongue. Five thousand stories are scorched on your skin. I am changed forever.. I want to say, forgive me, forgive me, forgive me.

Connections
Edited into In My Country: Deleted Scenes (2005)

Soundtracks
Senzenina
Arranged by Murray Anderson & Warrick Swinney
Performed by Princess Soi-Soi Gqeza, Mxolisi Mayekane, Mandia Lande, Michael Ludonga, Simpiwe Matole & The New Teenage Gospel Choir
Published by Hi-Z Sound