As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

Orlando Bloom
as Brian Epkeen

Forest Whitaker
as Ali Sokhela

Conrad Kemp
as Dan Fletcher

Inge Beckmann
as Ruby

Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots
as Claire Fletcher

Regardt van den Bergh
as De Beer

Randall Majiet
as Cat

Iman Isaacs
as Janet

Joelle Kayembe
as Zina

Patrick Lyster
as Dr. Joost Opperman