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Completed - ENGLISH - unknown - 91 minutes

Log Line

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

Synopsis

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 suburb
that was once defined as ‘Indian’ by the architects
of Apartheid, but has since become a melting pot of
immigrants from across the continent. His overbearing
father, a complex businessman who moonlights as a
money launderer and loan shark, faces death threats
after 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, is
kidnapped. Blecher has already shown herself to be a
skilled director with actors, but here she delivers a taut,
finely-tuned thriller that is guaranteed to keep you
on tenterhooks.

Production

Country(ies) : SOUTH AFRICA

KENYA Oct 05, 2018 234 MEDIA


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Festivals and Awards

BFI London FF 2018 Thrill


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