Réalisation:
Pete TravisScénario:
Paula MilneMusique:
Martin PhippsActeurs·trices:
William Hurt, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Strong, Derek Jacobi, Langley Kirkwood, Clarke Peters, John Kani, Bruce Harwood (plus)Résumés(1)
Set in South Africa, 1985, this is a gripping and sophisticated political thriller full of intriguing and unexpected heroes. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting, Mandela's imprisonment is an international cause celebré, and the ANC guerrilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Every day the country is more ungovernable as it plunges towards the apocalypse of a race war.
In saner moments everyone knows the vile apartheid regime is doomed but will the transition to democracy be peaceful or bloody? Working for P.W. Botha as a somewhat Machiavellian Head of Intelligence, Doctor Neil Barnard opens furtive talks with Nelson Mandela who is still in prison. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in the unlikely setting of a rural English manor house, arranged by a British businessman and sponsored by a mining company seeking to secure its own future in South Africa.
Both sides have everything to win or to lose, including their own lives. The stakes are immense, the secrecy imperative.
But while influential Afrikaners sit down face to face with their fiercest enemies from the ANC, led by future President Thabo Mbeki, Botha learns of the UK talks.
If the demise of apartheid is inevitable he intends to control the endgame by employing the tactics of divide and rule. Dr. Barnard must wring as many concessions out of
Mandela as he can whilst instructing the Afrikaners to do the same with the ANC in the UK then play one against the other.
Against all the odds, through volatile discussion, intrigue and breakthroughs, they achieve the unimaginable - a precious arena of frail trust between the two warring parties.
(texte officiel du distributeur)
Acteurs·trices
![William Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/986/165986265_4b29d1.jpg)
William Hurt
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Avengers : Infinity War (2018)
Into the Wild (2007)
Avengers : Endgame (2019)
![Jonny Lee Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777929_44ad13.jpg)
Jonny Lee Miller
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Frankenstein 1 (2011) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Covenant (2023)
![Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/315/166315976_e6c3e2.jpg)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
American Gangster (2007)
Love Actually (2003)
Seul sur Mars (2015)
![Mark Strong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/160/165160279_29ca4c.jpg)
Mark Strong
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Low Winter Sun (2006) (téléfilm)
The Long Firm (2004) (téléfilm)
Stardust, le mystère de l'étoile (2007)
![Derek Jacobi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267632_787938.jpg)
Derek Jacobi
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (pièce de théâtre filmée)
Gladiator (2000)
Le Discours d'un roi (2010)
![Langley Kirkwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362143_52cc00.jpg)
Langley Kirkwood
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Generation Kill (2008) (série)
The Challenger (2013) (téléfilm)
Invictus (2009)
![Clarke Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440731_a73996.jpg)
Clarke Peters
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Corner (2000) (série)
K-Pax, l'homme qui vient de loin (2001)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (série)
John Kani
Afrique du Sud
Meilleurs films :
Captain America : Civil War (2016)
L'Ombre et la proie (1996)
Le Roi Lion (2019)
![Bruce Harwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436913_a3d41a.jpg)
Bruce Harwood
Canada
Meilleurs films :
The X-Files – File 9: Redux (1997) (compilation vidéo)
The X-Files – File 5: 82517 (1995) (compilation vidéo)
The X Files: Requiem (2000) (compilation vidéo)
![Ramon Tikaram](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627418_0d53f8.jpg)
Ramon Tikaram
Singapour
Meilleurs films :
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Dean Spanley (2008)
Speed Racer (2008)
Danny Scheinmann
Meilleurs films :
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Theatre of Dreams (2013)
![Amelia Bullmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627925_fa3ec2.jpg)
Amelia Bullmore
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Sherlock (2010) (série)
Agatha Christie : Poirot (1989) (série)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (série)
![Timothy West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/191/160191182_b356ad.jpg)
Timothy West
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Chacal (1973)
Going Postal (2010) (téléfilm)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (téléfilm)
Mike Huff
Meilleurs films :
District 9 (2009)
Endgame (2009)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
![Jacques Strydom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/623/159623042_8b07fa.jpg)
Jacques Strydom
Meilleurs films :
Endgame (2009)
La Détresse d'une mère (2009) (téléfilm)
![Karl Thaning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/246/160246178_a075c5.jpg)
Karl Thaning
Afrique du Sud
Meilleurs films :
Generation Kill (2008) (série)
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![Tshamano Sebe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/937/159937227_90cc44.jpg)
Tshamano Sebe
Meilleurs films :
Viimeinen sopimus (1998)
La Pianiste (2001)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997) (téléfilm)
Grant Swanby
Afrique du Sud
Meilleurs films :
Blood Diamond (2006)
Invictus (2009)
Zulu (2013)
Jonathan Dimbleby
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Endgame (2009)
Marko van der Colff
Meilleurs films :
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Endgame (2009)