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Continuity mistake: When Bisila is speaking to Julia about a friend of hers named Gustavo who came to the church, after Julia tells her he was arrested months ago, the camera cuts to a shot focusing on Bisila. In this shot, her hands are folded. But in the next shot, her right hand is suddenly touching her face. (01:32:57)

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Continuity mistake: When Bisila meets up with Julia in the street to tell her about Father Rafael calling the hospital, in the shot where Bisila says "He called the hospital; he's really nervous", a woman in a white patterned dress, with her hair tied with a ribbon can be seen walking past Bisila. The same woman can be seen walking past Julia in the following shot. A couple seconds later, when Julia asks "Gustavo?", the same woman can be seen walking past her a second time. (01:32:44)

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Continuity mistake: When the group of men leave the barn after threatening Clarence, Iniko is shown standing beside Clarence on her right. When the shot cuts, Iniko is suddenly standing on the opposite side of her. (01:21:18)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence is in the barn with Iniko and Simon, and Iniko translates his sentence, a group of men run into the barn. Clarence is turning around to face the men. The camera then cuts to Iniko running up to the men, and Clarence is suddenly looking straight forwards at him and then turns to face the men a second time. (01:21:04)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence and Iniko are standing naked on the beach after having sex, in the shot where she walks up to him, and she looks at his back, take note of her hair. The shot cuts to angle behind them, then cuts to a close-up of Iniko's back. When it cuts again, a couple strands of hair, slightly apart from the rest of her hair, can be seen going over Clarence's left shoulder that weren't there three shots prior. (01:18:12)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence and Iniko are having sex on the beach, in a close-up shot of the two kissing, Clarence begins to roll Iniko over, so she can go on top of him. When she begins to roll him over, Iniko has his left hand on the sand. It then cuts to a wide shot where his left hand is suddenly on her back. (01:17:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence gets out of the car after Iniko drives it into the forest, she is holding onto her bag with her left hand. When the shot cuts, she is suddenly holding it in her right hand. (01:15:07)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence is on the dance floor with Iniko, he places his hand over Clarence's eyes. Clarence then places her fingers flat over Iniko's hand. Then it cuts to a wider shot where Clarence's fingers are at a far more curled angle. Then her fingers are flat on Iniko's hand two shots later. (01:11:40)

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Continuity mistake: Clarence is sitting at a table with a group of Iniko and Laha's friends. Everyone raises their bottles and Clarence clanks her glass against Laha's bottle, then slowly pulls the glass away, leaving it raised in her right hand, while her left hand is lowered. When the shot cuts, her left hand is holding onto the straw inside the glass and is suddenly drinking from it. (01:10:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Mama Sade grabs onto Clarence's arm, Iniko attempts to intervene. In the shot of Iniko reaching his hand out to get Sade off her, Clarence and Iniko are standing side-by-side. The shot then cuts to a wider shot where Iniko is rotated 90° away from Clarence. (01:08:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence bumps into Mama Sade, in the shot of Sade asking "is there a problem", a boy in a striped blue shirt can be seen running behind her. The camera changes angles where the boy in the striped blue shirt can now be seen much further back, running past Clarence and Laha, and running past Sade a second time. (01:08:43)

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Continuity mistake: When Iniko is walking back to the car with Laha, in the shot of the two walking, Laha has his hand over Iniko's shoulder, which he then removes. It then cuts to a different angle with Clarence in the corner of frame, and Laha suddenly has his hand back around Iniko's shoulder again. (01:06:41)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence is being driven in the car, Iniko turns in a different direction to which Clarence was hoping. Iniko then says "I have to pick someone up from the airport" whilst looking straight forwards at the road. It then cuts to Clarence, and in the mirror, we can see the reflection of Iniko is now looking at Clarence. (01:06:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Iniko walks into the office to see Clarence looking through it, Clarence is shown holding a binder when she turns to face him. The shot then cuts to an angle focusing on Iniko where he asks "Are you the new secretary" and we can see Clarence stays completely still. When the shot cuts back to Clarence, the binder is being held at a different position. (01:05:16)

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Continuity mistake: In December 1963, whilst Julia and Manuel are talking, Killian is shown in the foreground of shot playing with the kid. When Julia is saying "With Gustavo in the council, we have a friend in the new party", Killian has his hand raised a foot or two above the ground whilst the kid drops some stuff into his hand. In the next shot, Killian's hand is much lower down to the ground. (01:46:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Simon asks Clarence to send his regards to Killian, in the shot of Iniko saying "He says he will be glad to hear it", Simon places his hands on Clarence's face. In this shot, Clarence's ponytail can be seen going over her right shoulder. When the shot cuts, Clarence is standing completely still, but when the shot cuts again, the ponytail is suddenly away from her shoulder. (01:22:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Iniko takes Clarence into the barn, and he talks with Simon, Clarence begins putting some photographs back into her bag. In this shot, some of her ponytail can be seen going over the front of her right shoulder. Simon begins walking over to her and none of the ponytail can be seen over her shoulder. Simon attempts to talk to her and her ponytail is suddenly over her right shoulder again. (01:20:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Killian is in the car with Julia and Bisila and are about to approach the soldiers blocking the road, in one shot his hand can be seen placed on top of the steering wheel. When it cuts to a shot from behind, his hand cannot be seen on the top of the steering wheel. (01:33:22)

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Continuity mistake: After Iniko tells Clarence that Simon never swore to speak her language again, Simon replies "Sometimes I'd prefer not to, though" and Clarence turns to face Iniko asking what's he saying. When she does this, her ponytail can be seen going over her right shoulder, but in the next shot, it is suddenly behind her shoulder. (01:21:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Clarence takes out her camera to take photos of the plantation, Iniko says "You're not allowed to take photos" to which Clarence replies "Garuz told me I can." In this shot, the camera is held in a position where the lens is pointed directly forwards. When the shot cuts, the camera is directly facing the ground. (01:19:30)

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