The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Ann PeacockScreenplay
- John BoormanDirector
- Murray AndersonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonLangston Whitfield
- Juliette BinocheAnna Malan
- Brendan GleesonDe Jagar
- Langley KirkwoodBoetie
- Harriet LenabeAlbertina Sobandla
- Warona SeaneTranslator
- Robert HobbsVan Deventer
- Fiona RamsayFelicia Rheinhardt
- Charley BoormanAdam Hartley
- Menzi NgubaneDumi Mkhalipi
- Sam NgakaneAnderson
- Aletta BezuidenhoutElsa Malan
Stills
Themes
journalismapartheidjustice