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A Dry White Season is a american film of genre Drama directed by Euzhan Palcy released in USA on 20 september 1989 with Donald Sutherland
A Dry White Season (1989)
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Add to a movie listA Dry White Season is a 1989 American drama-historical film directed by Euzhan Palcy and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It was written by Colin Welland and Euzhan Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel of the same name. Robert Bolt also contributed uncredited revisions of the screenplay. It is set in South Africa and deals with the subject of apartheid. Brando was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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In 1976, in South Africa during Apartheid, Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a South African school teacher.Actors
Donald Sutherland
(Ben du Toit)
Janet Suzman
(Susan du Toit)
Jürgen Prochnow
(Captain Stolz)
Zakes Mokae
(Stanley Makhaya)
Susannah Harker
(Suzette du Toit)
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