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A Dry White Season

1989·1h 46m·R
DramaThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 7.0/10
6,871 votes
Metascore
68
Metacritic

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.

A Dry White Season is a 1989 drama thriller movie directed by Euzhan Palcy, starring Jürgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Donald Sutherland. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.0/10 from 6,871 votes and runs 1h 46m.

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Director
Euzhan Palcy
Stars
Jürgen Prochnow
Zakes Mokae
Donald Sutherland
Janet Suzman
Details
1989-09-20
106 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Keywords
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