The Eye of the Leopard

In Henning Mankell’s The Eye of the Leopard, Hans Olofson’s life is told in alternating chapters — from his unhappy Swedish childhood to his years at a Zambian mission station — against the backdrop of a gruesome African revolution.

Movie Pitch
Viggo Mortensen’s sultry broodiness makes him a shoo-in to play Hans.

Lowdown
There’s not much mystery here, just heart-stopping tension as Olofson’s story unspools — and as murderous bands of rebels clad in leopard skins roam the Zambian countryside. B