Overview

The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.

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Cast

Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Isobel Muller

Maxine Day

Cosmo Pieterse

Mark Baillie

Walter Glennie