In Henning Mankell's The Eye of the Leopard, Hans Olofson's life is told in alternating chapters from his unhappy Swedish childhood to his years at a Zambian mission station against the backdrop of a gruesome African revolution.
Movie Pitch
Viggo Mortensen's sultry broodiness makes him a shoo-in to play Hans.
Lowdown
There's not much mystery here, just heart-stopping tension as Olofson's
story unspools and as murderous bands of rebels clad in leopard skins
roam the Zambian countryside. B


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