Summary
A character drama from South Africa set in the apartheid era, After the Rain focuses on Steph (Paul Bettany), an Afrikaner soldier with more than his share of emotional problems. His girlfriend (Louise Lombard) is close friends with Joseph (Ariyon Bakare), and when Steph returns home one day to find the two in bed together, he immediately thinks the worst (even though their relationship is entirely platonic). Steph ties the two up, and forces them to listen to his hateful invective for the rest of the evening. After the Rain was written and directed by Ross Kettle, whose screenplay was adapted from his own play, Soweto's Burning. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Man-woman relationships
-- Drama.
South Africa -- History -- Drama. South Africa -- Race relations -- Drama. South Africa -- Social conditions -- Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [United States] :Screen Media Films,2006 |
| Edition | Full screen ed. |
| Other Titles | Soweto's Burning. |
| Contributors |
Greene, Melanie.
Selig, Keri. Simpson, Paige. Kettle, Ross. Lombard, Louise, 1970- Bettany, Paul, 1971- Bakare, Ariyon. Kettle, Ross. Soweto's Burning. Screen Media Films (Firm) Capella International, Inc. Capella Films. KC Medien (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Louise Lombard, Paul Bettany, Ariyon Bakare. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Koos Roets; editor, Jim Ruxin; music, Humie Mann. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R, for language and some violence. |
| Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from disc surface. Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the play, Soweto's Burning, by Ross Kettle. |
| System Details |
DVD, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1417056266 9781417056262 |
| Other | Classic View |