The read
Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
This thriller investigates the mysterious assassination of a gay pastor in rural South Africa. Without witnesses or explanations, the crime appears to the police and others as a jigsaw puzzle without enough pieces. The police then suspect and arrest people based on the usual prejudices, black and coloured people who plant marijuana in this case. Meanwhile, the true assassin not only goes his way unpunished from the very beginning, but becomes one of the rural town's most respected citizens. The sheriff at one point does begin having certain suspicions, and from there on the bulk of the plot is played out. The location is a very arid part of South Africa, so with so much desert rock, there are bound to be quarries. Some may reveal important secrets.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Marion HänselDirector
- Marion HänselWriter
Cast
- John LynchThe Man
- Jonny PhillipsCast
- Serge-Henri ValckeCast
- Oscar PetersenCast
- Sylvia EsauCast
- Jody AbrahamsCast
- Mrs. Van WykCast
- Dina ClaasenCast
- Anton StoltzCast
- Denzel PhillipsCast
- Morné VisserCast
- Sean ArnoldCast