Starring Julliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson, this is a 2004 film based on the novel Country of My Skull (Krog). Set in South Africa, the story is of an Afrikaner poet (Anna Malan - played by Binoche) and American journalist (Langston Whitfield - played by Jackson). They cover the South African hearings on what happened during apartheid in South Africa (Truth and Reconciliation Commission held in the 1990's).
Langston works for the Washington Post who sends him to South Africa to cover the hearings where perpetrators of atrocities during apartheid come forward and confront their victims. The idea is that by telling the truth, they will be granted amnesty and wounds can heal.
Binoche meets Langstong (Jackson) as she is covering the hearings for radio. As a native white South African, she suffers greatly as during the hearings she hears the stories of atrocities performed by her fellow citizens.
The movie deals with cruelty and forgiveness. I'm not sure how a movie could ever do the subject justice, but I'm happy that someone tried. On Rotten Tomatoes, criticism exists. John Boorman directed.
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