Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Namibia, South Africa, United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
- adultery
- fire
- dreams
- wind
- nightmare
- isolation
- ritual
- sandstorm
- supernatural
- hallucination
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert John Burke
Dust Devil
Chelsea Field
Wendy Robertson
Marianne Sägebrecht
Dr. Leidzinger
William Hootkins
Capt. Cornelius Beyman
- Zakes Mokae — Ben Mukurob
- John Matshikiza — Joe Niemand
- Rufus Swart — Mark Robinson
- Russell Copley — Cpl. Dutoit
- Andre Odendaal — Cpl. Bates
- Luke Cornell — Soldier 1
- Philip Henn — Soldier 2
- Robert Stevenson — Rifle Boy
- Peter Hallr — Marist Monk
- Stephen Earnhart — Camper Driver
- Crystal Dobson — Mrs. Beyman
- Directed
- Richard Stanley
- Written
- Richard Stanley
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 152 ratings
- Studio
- British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures, Shadow Theatre Films, Miramax, Film4 Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
