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''A Reasonable Man'' is a 1999 South African-French thriller
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film produced, written, starring, and directed by
Gavin Hood Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing '' Tsotsi'' (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed the films '' X-Men Origins: Wolver ...
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Premise

Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a
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Cast

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Gavin Hood Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing '' Tsotsi'' (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed the films '' X-Men Origins: Wolver ...
as Sean Raine *
Nigel Hawthorne Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and the Cabinet Secre ...
as Judge Wendon * Janine Eser as Jennifer Raine *
Vusi Kunene Vusi Kunene is a South African actor, best known for his role as Jack Mabaso in '' Generations'' and its continuation, '' Generations: The Legacy'', Funani Zwide in House of Zwide, Bhekifa in Isibaya (2014–2016), Jefferson Sibeko in Isidingo ( ...
as Prosecutor Linde *
Ken Gampu Ken Gampu (Germiston, August 28, 1929 – Vosloorus, November 4, 2003) was a South African actor. Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol ...
as Headman * Loyiso Gxwala as Sipho Mbombela * Nandi Nyembe as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu * Ian Roberts as Chris Van Rooyen * Graham Hopkins as Professor MacKenzie * Rapulana Seiphemo as Joe Zuma *
Keketso Semoko ''Isidingo'' was a South African soap opera, with dialogue mostly in English and Xhosa language, isiXhosa. The series premiered on SABC 3 in July 1998 and was broadcast evenings on SABC 3 from Monday to Friday at 19:00. Until 2001 it was titled ...
as Mary Majola * Thembi Nyandeni as Miriam Mbombela * Duma Mnembe as Village Sangoma * Amanda Dakada as Mary's sick daughter * Ayanda Ncube as Thandi Mbombela


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* * 1999 films 1999 crime drama films 1999 crime thriller films 1999 independent films 1999 psychological thriller films French crime drama films French crime thriller films South African crime drama films 1990s English-language films English-language French films English-language South African films Courtroom films French films based on actual events Films set in South Africa Films shot in Gauteng Films shot in KwaZulu-Natal Films directed by Gavin Hood 1999 directorial debut films 1990s French films English-language independent films English-language crime drama films English-language crime thriller films 1990s South African films {{crime-thriller-film-stub