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An African Dream

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 33m
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6.5/10
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An African Dream (1988)
  • Drama
A moving portrayal of love and hope struggling to survive the torturous nightmare of colonial prejudice. A story of a warped and twisted system hellbent on destroying a relationship that thr... Read allA moving portrayal of love and hope struggling to survive the torturous nightmare of colonial prejudice. A story of a warped and twisted system hellbent on destroying a relationship that threatens its very existence.A moving portrayal of love and hope struggling to survive the torturous nightmare of colonial prejudice. A story of a warped and twisted system hellbent on destroying a relationship that threatens its very existence.
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  • Director
    • John Smallcombe
  • Writers
    • John Smallcombe
    • Nodi Murphy
  • Stars
    • Kitty Aldridge
    • John Kani
    • Dominic Jephcott
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    • John Smallcombe
  • Writers
    • John Smallcombe
    • Nodi Murphy
  • Stars
    • Kitty Aldridge
    • John Kani
    • Dominic Jephcott
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    Kitty Aldridge
    Kitty Aldridge
    • Katherine Hastings
    John Kani
    John Kani
    • Khatana
    Dominic Jephcott
    Dominic Jephcott
    • Reginald Hastings
    John Carson
    John Carson
    • Harry Endicott
    Richard Haines
    Richard Haines
    • Sergeant Briscoe
    Joy Stewart
    • Enid Endicott
    • (as Joy Stewart Spence)
    Lyn Hooker
    • Agnes Cartwright
    Hugh Rouse
    • Alistair Cartwright
    Kenneth Hendel
    • George Bailey
    Dennis Folbigge
    Dennis Folbigge
    • Uncle Harry
    Claire Berlein
    Claire Berlein
    • Alice Endicott
    Terence Reis
    • Bernard Endicott
    Graham Weir
    • Lout 1 (Ned)
    Lionel Newton
    • Lout 2 (Billy)
    Fred Monareng
    • Ebenezer
    Vanessa Cooke
    • Daphne Hunter
    Anne Curteis
    • Georgina Hunter
    Themsie Times
    • Katazile
    • (as Tembsie Times)
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      • John Smallcombe
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      • Nodi Murphy
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    Excellent acting increases the pleasure of a banal telling of a true to life story.
    An unknown, but competent cast of actors, bring a special appeal to this rather run-of-the-mill allegedly true story of an Englishwoman who moves to South Africa in 1906. She quickly becomes disillusioned by the way in which blacks are treated and cheated by the white rulers, and is well ahead of her time by refusing to take her place as a nonentity in the hierarchy of the de facto white aristocracy farmer class. Her naive orientation toward fairness upsets the status quo, and creates problems for her and for those she cares about. Never a truly inspired film, it is engrossing nevertheless.
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      • September 19, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Africa
    • Languages
      • English
      • Xhosa
    • Also known as
      • Traumland Africa
    • Filming locations
      • South Africa
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      1 hour 33 minutes
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