Nelson Mandela

All Forgiven

MOVIE REVIEW
Invictus (2009)

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Keith Bernstein/Warner Bros. Pictures

“I am the master of my fate,” reads the William Ernest Henley poem from which Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” takes its title. “I am the captain of my soul.” Those words helped Nelson Mandela through the insane ordeal of the 27 years he spent ensconced in a tiny prison cell and they lie at the core of the tale of reconciliation Mr. Eastwood presents here.

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