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Forgiveness (2004 film)

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Director
  
Music director
  
Philip Miller

Duration
  

Country
  
South Africa

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Greg Latter

Writer
  
Greg Latter

Language
  
English/Afrikaans

Forgiveness (2004 film) movie poster

Release date
  
7 August 2004 (2004-08-07) (Switzerland)

Cast
  
(Tertius Coetzee),
Zane Meas
(Hendrik Grootboom),
Denise Newman
(Magda Grootboom), (Sannie Grootboom),
Christo Davids
(Ernest Grootboom)

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Forgiveness is a 2004 South African drama film dealing with the effects of the apartheid system and the difficulty of reconciliation. It was directed by Ian Gabriel and stars Arnold Vosloo, Zane Meas, Quanita Adams and Denise Newman.

Contents

Paternoster forgiveness 2004


Plot

Tertius Coetzee, a young South African Police constable during apartheid, is granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for torturing and killing a Coloured ANC activist. Haunted by his brutal past, Coetzee travels to a West Coast fishing village to find the man's family and eventually ask their forgiveness.

Cast

  • Arnold Vosloo as Tertius Coetzee
  • Quanita Adams as Sannie Grootboom
  • Christo Davids as Ernest Grootboom
  • Zane Meas as Hendrik Grootboom
  • Reception

    Forgiveness has won awards at both the Locarno International Film Festival and the Cape Town International Film Festival.

    References

    Forgiveness (2004 film) Wikipedia
    Forgiveness (2004 film) IMDb Forgiveness (2004 film) themoviedb.org