Movie Info

The desolate African countryside is the backdrop for this tense drama. Stranded when their bus gets lost and runs out of gas, 11 tourists take shelter...(read more...) in an abandoned town. As the chance of rescue gets slimmer and their anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: Why not stage Shakespeare's King Lear? But the drama of the play only serves to plunge the disparate group into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own mortality.

Director: Kristian Levring

MPAA: R

Running Time: 107 min.

Release Date: May 01, 2000

Cast: Brion James, Bruce Davison, Chris Walker, David Bradley, David Calder, Janet McTeer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lia Williams, Miles Anderson, Peter Khubeke, Romane Bohringer, Vusi Kunene