Get a Life begins with Paul Bannerman, a South African ecologist, being treated for thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine. To spare his wife and child any peril from the radioactivity, he returns to his parents' home to recuperate. He's returned to his childhood state, being cared for by his mother, a civil rights lawyer, and the black housekeeper who's been with the family his whole life. Paul's wife, an advertising executive, realizes that her clients are facilitating the foreign corporations who want to take advantage of liberal land use laws for their own interests. Paul's illness forces them all ...
Rosa era una ni?a cuando su padre, Lionel Burger, fue condenado a cadena perpetua por promover la revoluci?n en Sud?frica. A partir de entonces, empezar? un camino que la llevar? a replantearse lo que realmente significa ser la hija de Burger.
La vida de los Lingord, un matrimonio liberal de Sur?frica, sufre un vuelco cuando su hijo Duncan mata a uno de sus compa?eros de piso. El joven ha confesado su autor?a, pero no el motivo del crimen. Para afrontar el proceso, los Lingord recurren a un abogado negro reci?n regresado del exilio, una elecci?n arriesgada en un pa?s donde s?lo formalmente se ha puesto fin a la discriminaci?n racial.
