Boesman and Lena

This film made me really think about what life in South Africa had been like not too long ago, and what life there is still like in many ways today. I would recommend this film to others.... Full review

The acting in this movie was superb, but mixed with the truth about the condition of many Africans in South Africa made it heart wrenching. It was good that the writer isolated Boesman and Lena from others run from their homes,... Full review

It's always nice to see Angela Bassett getting to do a role that she can really sink her teeth into. She is at times intense, funny and even sexy in her role as Lena, a "colored" woman forced to make a... Full review

Berry, who died in 1999 before the movie had limited release last year, mounted the Boesman & Lena Broadway production way back in 1970. At their best, Glover and Bassett transcend their images and the near hysterical hollering for some stirring moments of raw emotion. ... Full Review

But when an aged Kaffir (Willie Jonah) stumbles onto their makeshift home, Lena treats him with warm compassion, arousing Boesmans ire... Bassett and Glover deliver intense, physical performances, yet this style of acting and direction is, unsurprisingly, far better suited to the stage than the screen. ... Full Review

As Boesman, Glover is as steady as ever, and he's wise enough to stay out of Bassett's way. But as fine an actor as he is, Glover is blown off the screen by co-star Angela Bassett, who plays his longtime companion, Lena. ... Full Review

The film is much better than that, Boesman and Lena never completely escapes its theatrical origins, but as the film progresses, it becomes increasingly powerful. BOESMAN AND LENA Rated:NR For movie details, please click here . ... Full Review

Whenever Lena recalls a better time -- which we see in brief, happy flashbacks when they were younger and had a family -- Boesman recoils from the memory. Lena (Bassett) teeters on the verge of madness as she desperately tries to recall the steps in her journey that brought her to this spot. ... Full Review

Friday November 17, 2000 "Boesman & Lena" begins with a flurry of black-and-white images thatfirst show people fleeing from their shantytown community, then cut to a mudflat alongside a river somewhere in the countryside outside Cape Town, South Africa, where... ... Full Article