A Good Man in Africa
- Colin Friels: Morgan Leafy
- Sean Connery: Dr. Alex Murray
- John Lithgow: Arthur Fanshawe
- Diana Rigg: Chloe Fanshawe
- Louis Gossett Jr.: Prof. Sam Adekunle
- Joanne Whalley: Celia Adekunle
- Sarah -Jane Fenton: Priscilla Fanshawe
A Good Man in Africa ( TV Title: The Last Hero of Africa). 's An American comedy film directed by Bruce Beresford in 1994, the screenplay was written by William Boyd on the basis of his own, eponymous novel.
Action
Morgan Leafy is a secretary of the British Embassy in an African country. He has an affair with the wife of Sam Adekunle, a local politician.
When a local woman is killed by lightning, the corpse remains on the grounds of the embassy. You must not - be touched without rituals - the opinion of the locals after. The Ambassador Arthur Fanshawe expected to visit a relative of the British royal family. He instructs Leafy to solve the problem of the corpse. Fanshawe is refusing however from to pay a mage for the rituals because he fears ridicule in financial control.
Leafy dissolves the body, but what causes a strike of local staff of the embassy. He is then sharply criticized by his superiors.
Leafy shall be addressed and threatened by the husband of his mistress, whose assistant drag him into the car of the politician. Adekunle wants to conduct a real estate business on a property that belongs to the local hospital. For this purpose, the approval of the Board, the Dr. Alex Murray is heard, is necessary. Leafy is to make friends with Dr. Murray and influence him.
Leafy arrange to meet with the passionate golfer Dr. Murray to a game. Murray noticed this with amazement that he has never seen Leafy on the golf course.
Adekunle is the new president of the country. There will be unrest, protesters shout slogans against Fanshawe. Leafy leaves the building of the embassy to pose as his boss and distract the protesters. On the run, he sees the body of a car accident, a tilted ambulance is on the road. Dr. Murray dies in the presence of Leafy.
The rituals for the woman killed by lightning are held. Leafy leaves the country.
Background
The film was shot in South Africa. His cost of production was estimated at 20 million U.S. dollars. The film played in the cinemas of the USA, an approximately 2.3 million U.S. dollars.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the film was conceived as a scathing satire on the British colonial period. His problem is that he often was more boring than funny. The plot was " corny " ( " trite "). The representations were " solid ", where " just ironically the least impressive performer " - was to be seen most of the time on the screen - Colin Friels. None of the characters is particularly sympathetic.
The lexicon of the International film wrote that the film was rather " a largely entertaining film comedy " as " a biting political satire ". He functioned primarily " about types and situation comedy " and was " supported by a fine cast ."