GOODBYE BAFANA
by Bille August
synopsis
The true story of white South African racist, James Gregory, whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela. For 25 years, Gregory looked after Mandela until his liberation in 1990.
international title: | Goodbye Bafana |
original title: | Goodbye Bafana |
country: | Germany, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa |
sales agent: | Celluloid Dreams |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bille August |
release date: | IT 30/03/2007, FR 11/04/2007, DE 12/04/2007, BE 18/04/2007, UK 27/04/2007 |
cast: | Joseph Fiennes, Diane Kruger, Dennis Haysbert |
cinematography by: | Robert Fraisse |
film editing: | Hervé Schneid |
art director: | Tom Hanna |
costumes designer: | Dianna Cilliers |
music: | Dario Marianelli, Johnny Clegg |
producer: | Jean-Luc Van Damme, Ilann Girard, Andro Steinborn, David Wicht, Stephen Margolis, Roberto Cipullo, Gherardo Pagliei |
production: | Banana Films, X Filme Creative Pool, Arsam, Marmont Film Production (BE), Fonema (IT), Future Films (UK), Film Afrika (ZA) |
backing: | Thema Production, Istituto Luce, German Federal Film Board, MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Cinéart (BE), Paramount Pictures France |