Dust is a movie directed by Marion Hänsel in 1985 and based on the book In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee, first published in 1977. The movie features Jane Birkin, Trevor Howard, Nadine Uwampa, John Matshikiza, Lourdes Christina Sayo, Tom Vrebus, and others.
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Storyline
Cape Province, South Africa… The desert. The sticky gloom and a light that bursts with violent clarity. Four characters living isolated on a farm amidst a hot and dusty landscape star in an ambiguous story, a mosaic of power and strength relationships, of culture and race, of desire and submission. A daughter toward her father, the oppression of Blacks toward Whites.
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Movie vs Book
Year
1985
Minutes
88
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1977
Pages
151
Book Rate
7.36
S: Goodreads
Book
In the Heart of the Country
Author: J.M. Coetzee
Country: South Africa
First published in: 1977
Length: 151 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“The movie is the movie, and the book is the book. They're different critters, and each must stand on their own merits.”
FRANK PERETTI (Writer)
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