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reunfamiliarwithmodern,westernculture.WemeetKateThompson（SandraPrinsloo）,whoisgettingfedupwithherwhite-collarexistence.Wemovebacktothebushmen.AmaninapassingsmallaircraftnonchalantlytossesaCokebottleoutthewindow.ItlandsclosetoXi,whohasneverseenanythinglikeitbefore.EventuallyitcausesallkindsofproblemsandXitriestogetridofit.WearealsointroducedtoathreadaboutSamBoga（LouwVerwey）,whoisleadingrebelsinBurundi.WeseethemtrytoassassinatethePresident.Afterthis,they"

repursuedbytheBurundianmilitary.Meanwhile,KatehasdecidedtogotoBotswanatobeateacher,andthereshemeetsAndrewStyne（MariusWeyers）.Eventually,allofthesethreadscometogether.

Theplotmaysoundlikeamess,anditprobablywouldbeunderlesserhands,butproducer/writer/editor/directorJamieUyskeepsthedisparatethreadsremarkablyfocusedandcoherent.Histimingforeachandforthetransitionsbetweenthreadsisimpeccable,andthewaytheymovetogetherisnothingshortofingenious.

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realienslearningaboutthisworld.

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1990,basedonWilliamGolding"

s1954book）-likeexaminationofcivilization.ThebushmenaretheschoolboysofLordoftheFliesintheirinitialshipwreckedstate.TheCokebottlesymbolizestheentranceofcivilizationinthat"

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snotacoincidencethatthebushmenlearnbothviolenceandunhappinesswhencivilizationappears,andit"

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stheonewhoenablestheresolutionofthedilemmaintheclimax.

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