The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others.
Synopsis
Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic66/100
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Paula van der OestDirector
- Greg LatterWriter
- Philip MillerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Carice van HoutenIngrid Jonker
- Rutger HauerAbraham Jonker
- Liam CunninghamJack Cope
- Nicholas PaulingEugene Maritz
- Grant SwanbyJan Rabie
- Graham ClarkeUys Krige
- Damon BerryPieter Venter
- Jennifer SteynLucille - Lulu
- Candice D'ArcyAnna Jonker
- Leon ClingmanValkenberg receptionist
- Waldemar SchultzEttiene le Roux
- Tarryn PageIrma
Stills
Themes
apartheidwoman director