Red Dust cover art

Red Dust Details

2004 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 60
  • from 1094 members

Attorney Sarah Barcant returns to South Africa to represent Alex Mpondo, once a political activist who cannot remember the torture that he endured whilst in captivity, and the family of missing activist Steve Sizela. Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo. Read more

Starring Jamie Bartlett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian Roberts, Hilary Swank
Director Tom Hooper
Genres Drama

Sign up Red Dust DVD

loading loading...

Red Dust cover art

Red Dust

Attorney Sarah Barcant returns to South Africa to represent Alex Mpondo, once a political activist who cannot remember the torture that he endured whilst in captivity, and the family of missing activist Steve Sizela. Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo.

Starring Jamie Bartlett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian Roberts, Hilary Swank, Marius Weyers
Director Tom Hooper
Studio LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Jul 2005
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Red Dust

    View all
  • 4 stars out of 5

    Love in a hot climate is the theme of this steamy melodrama from Victor Fleming, a director better known for such films as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind. The film was a hit in its day, thanks to Fleming's direction and the sultry, stylish performances of Clark Gable, as the macho boss of a rubber plantation in the Far East, and Jean Harlow and Mary Astor as the two very different women he's involved with. A 1930s classic, the film risks looking rather clichéd, if not downright over-the-top, today.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Beautifully shot - poignant

    • Daily Mail
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Most helpful member's review of Red Dust

    View all
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Eye opening

    Being a South African who lived in SA during the apartheid era this movie confirmed stories my husband and I had heard on the News. I think it only showed one aspect of SA though. During all this trouble there were 'good' white people who never dreamt of harming or treating people disrespectfully because of their race. My children were surprised to see how the white people were portrayed - they have grown up here and only have good memories of SA. The movie showed them what SA was like and I think it was good for them to see.

      • A customer from Newbury
      • Posted 01 Sep 2005 10:15

  • Most recent members' review of Red Dust

    View all
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Eye opening

    Being a South African who lived in SA during the apartheid era this movie confirmed stories my husband and I had heard on the News. I think it only showed one aspect of SA though. During all this trouble there were 'good' white people who never dreamt of harming or treating people disrespectfully because of their race. My children were surprised to see how the white people were portrayed - they have grown up here and only have good memories of SA. The movie showed them what SA was like and I think it was good for them to see.

      • A customer from Newbury
      • Posted 01 Sep 2005 10:15

  • More like this

    View all
    Showing 1 to 4 of 20

    loading

Find cinemas


Rating breakdown

1,094 Member ratings
  • 100
86
  • 90
93
  • 80
160
  • 70
174
  • 60
217
  • 50
132
  • 40
90
  • 30
65
  • 20
48
  • 10
29

Related user collection

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop

    • Red Dust

    • Red Dust
      Attorney Sarah Barcant returns to South Africa to represent Alex Mpondo, once a political activist who cannot remember the torture that he endured whilst in captivity, and the family of missing activist Steve Sizela. Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo....