Құрғақ ақ маусым

1989 film by Euzhan Palcy
the film adaption
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England and on location in Zimbabwe.

Dave Grusin composed the score that is mostly on the subtle side for the movie. There is no major theme here other than South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela's mournful flugelhorn passages during the film's saddest scenes. Kritzerland released the soundtrack on CD, featuring 15 songs from the film's soundtrack and four added "bonus tracks" (two alternative takes and two source cues). The CD of the soundtrack fails to mention contributing musicians, including Hugh Masekela, nor includes any of the three Ladysmith Black Mambazo songs (written by Joseph Tshabalala) used so prominently in the film.

The film was released at a time when South Africa was undergoing great political upheaval and regular demonstrations. Brando's performance in the movie earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he received the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo Film Festival. For her outstanding cinematic achievement, Palcy received the "Orson Welles Award" in Los Angeles.

A Dry White Season earned $3.8 million in the United States, against a budget of $9 million. It earned £334,314 in the UK.

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 82% of 72 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.4 out of 10. Brando, in his first film since 1980, was particularly praised for his small but key role as human rights attorney Ian McKenzie. Chicago Sun Times critic Roger Ebert called A Dry White Season "an effective, emotional, angry, subtle movie." Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote that director Palcy, "a remarkable talent, has kept her undeniably powerful film ablaze with ferocity and feeling." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A+ to F scale.