A Reasonable Man

{{more citations needed|date=November 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use South African English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = A Reasonable Man | image = A Reasonable Man.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Gavin Hood | producer = Gavin Hood<br />Paul Raleigh | writer = Gavin Hood | starring = Gavin Hood<br />Nigel Hawthorne<br />Janine Eser | music = Neill Solomon | cinematography = Buster Reynolds | editing = Avril Beukes | studio = African Media Entertainment | distributor = Pandora Cinema | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|08|13|South Africa|1999|10|15|Chicago}} | runtime = 103 minutes | country = South Africa<br />France | language = English | budget = $61,000<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178860/|title=A Reasonable Man (1999)|website=IMDb}}</ref> | gross = $45,000 {{small|(South Africa)}} }} '''''A Reasonable Man''''' is a 1999 South African-French thriller crime drama film produced, written, starring, and directed by Gavin Hood.<ref name="imdb"/>

==Premise== Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a Tikoloshe.

==Cast== * Gavin Hood as Sean Raine * Nigel Hawthorne as Judge Wendon * Janine Eser as Jennifer Raine * Vusi Kunene as Prosecutor Linde * Ken Gampu as Headman * Loyiso Gxwala as Sipho Mbombela * Nandi Nyembe as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu * Ian Roberts as Chris Van Rooyen * Graham Hopkins as Professor MacKenzie * Rapulana Seiphemo as Joe Zuma * Keketso Semoko as Mary Majola * Thembi Nyandeni as Miriam Mbombela * Duma Mnembe as Village Sangoma * Amanda Dakada as Mary's sick daughter * Ayanda Ncube as Thandi Mbombela

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0178860|A Reasonable Man}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|reasonable_man|A Reasonable Man}}

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