A Reasonable Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood
Nigel Hawthorne
Janine Eser
Vusi Kunene
Ken Gampu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
City lawyer Sean Raine comes across a case in which a young herdboy named Sipho, in a remote rural South African village, has killed a baby. The motive for the murder was the boy's belief that he was killing an evil spirit known as a "tikoloshe".
Director
Gavin Hood
Cast
Gavin Hood
Nigel Hawthorne
Janine Eser
Vusi Kunene
Ken Gampu
Loyiso Gxwala
Nandi Nyembe
Graham Hopkins
Ian Roberts
Crew
Avril Beukes
Ruy Filipe
Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood
Richard Kellond
Philip Key
Nico Louw
Scott Meek
Paul Raleigh
Buster Reynolds
Neill Solomon
Robert Van Der Coolwijk
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Award at the 1999 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States July 1999
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States 2000
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Cinema) August 27 - September 6, 1999.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 2-10, 1999.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 6-21, 1999.
Shown at Cinequest 2000: The San Jose Film Festival (in competition) February 24 - March 5, 2000
Feature directorial debut for actor and short filmmaker Gavin Hood.
Began shooting mid November 1998.
Completed shooting December 1998.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Cinema) August 27 - September 6, 1999.)
Released in United States July 1999 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 2-10, 1999.)
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 6-21, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Cinequest 2000: The San Jose Film Festival (in competition) February 24 - March 5, 2000)
