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A Reasonable Man

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When Sipho (Loyiso Gxwala), a boy in rural South Africa, is accused of murdering an infant, lawyer Sean Raine (Gavin Hood) offers to defend him on the grounds that the youth genuinely thought that he was killing an evil entity called a "tikoloshe." An expatriate revisiting South Africa for the first time in years, Sean has personal reasons for taking the boy's case, stemming from his guilt over an incident that happened while he was serving as a soldier.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A quality thinking man's courtroom drama. Rated: B Mar 15, 2016 Full Review Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews The beauty of the script, which mixes in large doses of witchdoctors and rural superstitions, is that it is always genuine and plausible. Rated: 3/4 Jul 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Sipho (Loyiso Gxwala), a boy in rural South Africa, is accused of murdering an infant, lawyer Sean Raine (Gavin Hood) offers to defend him on the grounds that the youth genuinely thought that he was killing an evil entity called a "tikoloshe." An expatriate revisiting South Africa for the first time in years, Sean has personal reasons for taking the boy's case, stemming from his guilt over an incident that happened while he was serving as a soldier.
Director
Gavin Hood
Producer
Paul Raleigh, Gavin Hood
Screenwriter
Gavin Hood
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround