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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 105 minutes

Log Line

In a community vibrant with migrants from across the African Continent, against the backdrop of unspoken love, a young woman tries to navigate a path for herself. But this is a world where everything keeps shifting - everything except the one thing that really does need to change.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2015 (Premiere)
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Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Sara BLECHER
Writer(s) : Trish MALOME
Cast : Fulu MUGOVHANI , Nthati MOSHESH, Oc UKEJE, Kenneth NKOSI

Producer(s) : Terry PHETO , Busi SISWILE , Robbie THORPE

Synopsis

A community vibrant with African migrants from across the continent, searching for something better, spliced between South African’s indigenous, multi-cultured stalwarts, Yeoville has conceived it’s own set of rules to survive. Occasionally legal. Often - not!
Set in this district, Ayanda and the Mechanic is a coming-of-age story of a twenty-one year old Afrohipster, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery when she's thrown into a world of greasy overalls, gender stereotypes and abandoned vintage cars once loved, in need of a young woman’s re-inventive touch to bring them back into love again…

Production

Country(ies) : SOUTH AFRICA


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