Completed - ENGLISH - unknown - 91 minutes
Sara Blecher (Ayanda, LFF 2015) returns with a markedly different film – a groundbreaking, multi-cultural African gangster thriller.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Sara BLECHER Writer(s) : Neil MCCARTHY Cast : Ronak PATANI, Rajesh GOPIE, Wayne VAN ROOYEN Producer(s) : Dayo OGUNYEMI
Zaid, an international aid worker, is based in East Africa. After an altercation that results in his being fired,he returns home to Mayfair, a Johannesburg suburbthat was once defined as ‘Indian’ by the architectsof Apartheid, but has since become a melting pot ofimmigrants from across the continent. His overbearingfather, a complex businessman who moonlights as amoney launderer and loan shark, faces death threatsafter a deal with a gang of ruthless Somalis collapses.Initially reluctant to involve himself in his father’s affairs,Zaid has no choice when Ameena, his first love, iskidnapped. Blecher has already shown herself to be askilled director with actors, but here she delivers a taut,finely-tuned thriller that is guaranteed to keep youon tenterhooks.
Country(ies) : SOUTH AFRICA
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BFI London FF 2018 Thrill