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A Reasonable Man

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A Reasonable Man
Directed byGavin Hood
Written byGavin Hood
Produced byGavin Hood
Paul Raleigh
StarringGavin Hood
Nigel Hawthorne
Janine Eser
CinematographyBuster Reynolds
Edited byAvril Beukes
Music byNeill Solomon
Production
company
African Media Entertainment
Distributed byPandora Cinema
Release dates
  • 13 August 1999 (1999-08-13) (South Africa)
  • 15 October 1999 (1999-10-15) (Chicago)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesSouth Africa
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$61,000[1]
Box office$45,000 (South Africa)

A Reasonable Man is a 1999 South African-French thriller crime drama film produced, written, starring, and directed by Gavin Hood.[1]

Premise

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Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a Tikoloshe.

Cast

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  • Gavin Hood as Sean Raine
  • Nigel Hawthorne as Judge Wendon
  • Janine Eser as Jennifer Raine
  • Vusi Kunene as Prosecutor Linde
  • Ken Gampu as Headman
  • Loyiso Gxwala as Sipho Mbombela
  • Nandi Nyembe as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu
  • Ian Roberts as Chris Van Rooyen
  • Graham Hopkins as Professor MacKenzie
  • Rapulana Seiphemo as Joe Zuma
  • Keketso Semoko as Mary Majola
  • Thembi Nyandeni as Miriam Mbombela
  • Duma Mnembe as Village Sangoma
  • Amanda Dakada as Mary's sick daughter
  • Ayanda Ncube as Thandi Mbombela

References

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  1. ^ a b "A Reasonable Man (1999)". IMDb.
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