The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)

Directors

Guy Jenkin

Cast

Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, Hugh Dancy, Noah Taylor, Eugene Salleh, Junix Inocian, K. K. Moggie

The story

A young and naive Englishman, John Truscott (Hugh Dancy), goes to the British protectorate of Sarawak, Borneo (described as a "colony" in the film), to try to apply his father's work to the Iban society. There he meets his boss Henry Bullard (Bob Hoskins) and his wife Aggie Bullard (Brenda Blethyn). John tries to civilize the area, building schools and providing education for the Iban people, and encounters unfamiliar local customs.

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