Endgame (2009)

Audience Score
58
Endgame
PG13 1 hr 49 minJan 18th, 2009Drama, Crime
The time is the late 80s a crucial period in the history of South Africa President PW Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress ANC takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young their head of public affairs to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue
DirectorPete Travis
WriterPaula Milne