Directed by:
Euzhan PalcyScreenplay:
Colin WellandComposer:
Dave GrusinCast:
Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon, Winston Ntshona, Susannah Harker, Richard Wilson (more)VOD (3)
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With this bracing drama, made at the climax of the anti-apartheid movement, director Euzhan Palcy issued a devastating indictment of South Africa’s racist government—and made history in the process, becoming the first black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film. White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit (Donald Sutherland) lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener (Winston Ntshona), bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities. Based on a celebrated novel by André Brink and rooted in the first-hand research the Martinican Palcy did in South Africa into the way black people lived under apartheid, A Dry White Season is unflinching in its depiction of violence and its chronicling of injustice, making for a galvanizing tribute to those willing to sacrifice everything to fight oppression. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Marlon Brando](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/512/164512286_c47563.jpg)
Marlon Brando
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
![Donald Sutherland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/047/169047844_hzh1hs.jpg)
Donald Sutherland
Canada
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Lord of War (2005)
JFK (1991)
![Janet Suzman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280459_48d6db.jpg)
Janet Suzman
South Africa
Best movies:
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
![Zakes Mokae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281116_922108.jpg)
Zakes Mokae
South Africa
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Cry Freedom (1987)
The Doctor (1991)
![Jürgen Prochnow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267555_2db919.jpg)
Jürgen Prochnow
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
Remember (2015)
![Susan Sarandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/414/162414864_1fa666.jpg)
Susan Sarandon
USA
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Front Page (1974)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Winston Ntshona
South Africa
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Blood Diamond (2006)
The Power of One (1992)
![Susannah Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/202/163202994_58f2e6.jpg)
Susannah Harker
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Crucifer of Blood (1991) (TV movie)
![Richard Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/343/163343024_d87cdd.png)
Richard Wilson
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Foreign Body (1986)
![Michael Gambon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/089/168089247_xr2eyl.jpg)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Paul Brooke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274598_ea4b1a.jpg)
Paul Brooke
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
John Kani
South Africa
Best movies:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
The Lion King (2019)
![Ronald Pickup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/517/164517314_3dc4fb.png)
Ronald Pickup
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Mission (1986)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
Hugh Masekela
South Africa
Best movies:
A Dry White Season (1989)
![Rosemary Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/530/161530642_64eac6.jpg)
Rosemary Martin
UK
Best movies:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Tess (1979)
David de Keyser
UK
Best movies:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Yentl (1983)
Sello Maake Ka-Ncube
South Africa
Best movies:
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Last Samurai (1990)
Thoko Ntshinga
Best movies:
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Bird Can't Fly (2007)
Act of Piracy (1990)
Gerard Thoolen
Netherlands
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
The Illusionist (1984)