Red Dust (2004)
The South African lawyer Sarah Barcant travels from New York back to her hometown to represent the member of the Parliament Alex Mpondo in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission since torturer police officer Dirk Hendricks has made an application for amnesty. The parents of Steve Sizela request Sarah to represent them also since their son that was arrested with Mpondo but has gone missing. Hendricks uses one break in the trial to threaten Mpondo, promising to destroy his political career telling that he was a traitor. But Mpondo, who is a man traumatized with the torture, anticipates and tells what has happened to Steve Sizela and him in the hands of Hendricks and his superior Piet Müller. Will the remains of Steve be found and the truth disclosed? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Hooper
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Greg Latter, Hilary Swank, Ian Roberts, Jamie Bartlett, Marius Weyers, Nomhlé Nkyonyeni
Country: South Africa, United Kingdom