On The Wire (1990) Reviews

In this stark drama, Wouter Fourie (Michael O'Brien), a young man who has just been released from a stint of service in the South African Defense Force, is attempting to put his life back together after his harrowing experiences as an unwilling defender of apartheid. He grew up in a guilt-ridden and constricted Calvinist community, and still lives in it. Thus, when he tries to rekindle his relationship with his wife Aletta (Aletta Bezuidenhout), and simultaneously bring some healing to himself by embarking on a course of erotic experimentation, his upbringing, his trauma, and his genuine guilt combine to work against him -- with tragic results. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi