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Goodbye Bafana [2007]
from Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
starring Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Shiloh Henderson, Mehboob Bawa
directed by Bille August

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A historical masterpiece of movie making
  Goodbye Bafana unfolds an unpleasant, but important piece of South African history, the apartheid phase. The cinemagraphy and the calibre of acting are of the highest standard, which really enhances the movie realism. The historical accuracy is always questioned, but no doubts emerge about this, as it is truly accounted as the movie unfolds. Otherwise, it is a history forgery which is not case, as facts are presented about what happened to the characters featured. This enhances historical accuracy of the... more info

• emotive
  This movie brought back so many memories for me while at the same time opening my eyes to the horrors I was lucky enough not to be subjected to. My parents went to work in Transkei in the early 80's which is where I was born and raised. Seeing this movie reminded me just why he is such a great man.
  I must confess that the bits in Xhosa didn't sound at all like it, but as I myself have forgotten 99% of what little I knew that's about as far as I can comment. Joseph Fiennes does a brilliant job with... more info

• Interesting story from unusual point of view
  
  Great movie that seems to have captured the times it portrays, from the brutality of the white minority regime and the utterly shocking racism inherent in that system, to the more hopeful era preceding Mandela's release and the end of apartheid. The human story of Gregory and his family is touching but I found it a struggle at times to maintain sympathy for Fiennes' character, who seems genuinely shocked that by giving the government information, the people concerned subsequently die. Perhaps I have... more info

• A moving story
  It is probably hard to entice an audience with subject matter that may now seem outdated to some. However this is a healthy reminder of the brutality of the Apartheid regime in South Africa and the courage of Mandela and his followers. The mellowing of his prison officer, Warrant Office Gregory, was sensitively portrayed.
  Haysbert's attempt at replicating Mandela's accent was hugely impressive. Unfortunately, Feinnes' Sud Afrikan accent was so good I could hardly understand what he was saying.more info

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