
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 comedy-drama film, based on William Boyd's 1981 novel A Good Man in Africa and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film starred Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Joanne Whalley, Diana Rigg and Louis Gossett Jr.
Plot
Morgan Leafy is a British diplomat living in Kinjanja, an African nation which has recently become independent from British rule. Arthur Fanshawe, a new diplomat eager to leave Africa, learns that Kinjanja sits on top of a huge oil reserve. Unfortunately, Morgan is too preoccupied with alcohol and women to know what to do with the oil. To make matters worse, a woman is struck by lightning on the British compound, creating a tense political situation with the Kinjanja government.
More details
author | William Boyd |
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contentLocation | Africa |
director | Bruce Beresford |
editor | Jim Clark |
genre | comedy-drama political satire |
keywords | create lightning |
musicBy | John Du Prez |
producer | Mark Tarlov |
productionCompany | Capitol Films South African Breweries |
publisher | Gramercy Pictures United International Pictures |