Inspired by an actual case, the story of a city lawyer who comes across the case of a herdboy from remote, rural Zululand, who has killed a one year old baby in the mistaken belief that he was killing an evil spirit, known throughout Southern Africa as the "Tikoloshe". Dark Secrets which lie buried deep within the lawyer connect him to the boy. He takes the case and enters a world of African witchcraft and mysticism to discover the truth about the killing - and himself.





PRIX / FESTIVALS / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS / TELEVISIONS


Los Angeles, 1993
> Diane Thomas Award (for the script).


M-Net All Africa Film Awards 2000 (16 novembre 2000, à l'Hôtel Lord Charles, Cape Town, Afrique du Sud)
> Grand Prix (pour A Reasonable Man)
> Prix du meilleur Réalisateur (Gavin Hood, ex. avec Nousry Nasrallah)
> Prix du Meilleur Acteur : Gavin Hood (Sean Raine dans A Reasonable Man), ex. avec Bassam Samra (Ali dans The City)
> Prix Manie van Rensburg-M-Net (le scénario de A Reasonable Man)

Cinemafrica Film Festival 2004 | STOCKHOLM, Sweden
> Selection