Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
Carice van Houten
as Ingrid Jonker
Rutger Hauer
as Abraham Jonker
Liam Cunningham
as Jack Cope
Nicholas Pauling
as Eugene Maritz
Grant Swanby
as Jan Rabie
Graham Clarke
as Uys Krige
Damon Berry
as Pieter Venter
Jennifer Steyn
as Lucille - Lulu
Candice D'Arcy
as Anna Jonker
Leon Clingman
as Valkenberg receptionist
Waldemar Schultz
as Ettiene le Roux
Tarryn Page
as Irma
