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Goodbye Bafana
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6.9The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Released: 2007-02-11115 minDir: Bille AugustHistory, DramaBudget: $30.0M
Cast
- Joseph Fiennes as James Gregory
- Dennis Haysbert as Nelson Mandela
- Diane Kruger as Gloria Gregory
- Shiloh Henderson as Brett Gregory
- Patrick Lyster as Major Pieter Jordaan
- Norman Anstey as Jimmy Kruger
Themes
- escape
- prison cell
- jail guard
- south africa
- apartheid
- nelson mandela
- xenophobia
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
12,301 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 6 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- apartheid
- Director
- Bille August
- Composer
- Dario Marianelli
- Cinematographer
- Robert Fraisse
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Filming location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 188671
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- publication date
- 2009-07-02
- title
- Goodbye Bafana
- film editor
- Hervé Schneid
- set in period
- 1980s
- review score
- 44%
- characters
- Cyril Ramaphosa
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