A Dry White Season
1989 · 107 min · Director: Euzhan Palcy
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Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener, Stanley's (Zakes Mokae's) son, Jonathan (Bekhithemba Mpofu), is brutally beaten up by the Police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
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A Dry White Season (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anger 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Anger30%
- Empathy25%
- Anxiety20%
- Sadness15%
- Inspiration10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Cast
Emily Ngubene
Bruwer
Colonel Viljoen
Johan du Toit
Susan's Mother
Chris
Margaret
Jonathan
Robert
Wellington
Details
- Directed by
- Euzhan Palcy
- Written by
- Euzhan Palcy, André P. Brink, Colin Welland
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1989
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anger
- Data updated
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