 A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero s journey to freedom. In the country s turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country s oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos  lives.