John witnesses a nearby mining operation run by Europeans. John is sent up river where a sickness is affecting the Yakata tribe. Selima ( Jessica Alba) becomes his "sleeping dictionary", who sleeps with him and teaches him the language and the habits of the locals. John tries to civilize the area, building schools and providing education for the Iban people. There he meets his boss Henry Bullard ( Bob Hoskins) and his wife Aggie Bullard ( Brenda Blethyn). 4 Historical background and inaccuraciesĪ 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.
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