Based on a true story, this "haunting, deeply moving film" (Los Angeles Times) brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker) and features Barbara Hershey in a "strikingly forceful performance" (New York) by Barbara Hershey, this potent account of personal and political turmoil brims with "emotion and radiant intelligence" (The New Yorker)!
South Africa, 1963. Communist Gus Roth (Jeroen Krabbe) is forced to flee Johannesburg to escape arrest, leaving his activist wife Diana (Hershey) to continue their crusade against apartheid. But when Diana is wrenched from her three daughters and jailed under the notorious 90-day Detention Act, she and her family face the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.
Theatrical Release Date: 1988
MPAA Rating: PG
Starring: David Suchet Tim Roth Linda Mvusi Jodhi May Jeroen Krabbe Paul Freeman Barbara Hershey
Director: Chris Menges
Original Theatrical Trailer
mpaa.org filmratings.com