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A Far Off Place is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mikael Salomon released in USA on 12 march 1993 with Reese Witherspoon
A Far Off Place (1993)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 march 1993
Length 1h40
Directed by Mikael Salomon
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating64%
A Far Off Place is a 1993 adventure drama film based on Laurens van der Post's works, A Far-Off Place (1974) and its prequel A Story Like the Wind (1972), and stars Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson and Maximilian Schell. The filming locations were in Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Synopsis
The witty Nonnie and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones among the gamekeeper's family to survive a massacre by a gang of poachers on a lonesome farm in the savanna. Now the ruthless murderers are after them as the only witnesses. Without a means of transportation, the only way to escape is to walk through 1,250 miles (2,000 km) of Kalahari desert with the help of the African bushman Xhabbo. On the months-long journey ahead they not only become good friends against their differences, but also realize that every one of them has strength and skills that are required to survive.Actors
Reese Witherspoon
(Nonnie Parker)
Ethan Embry
(Harry Winslow)
Jack Thompson
(John Ricketts)
Maximilian Schell
(Col. Mopani Theron)
Patricia Kalember
(Elizabeth Parker)
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