12A
1hr 40mins

The long-buried secrets of a middle-class Zambian family are unearthed by the defiant Shula (Susan Chardy) upon the death of her uncle, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s (I Am Not a Witch) surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

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Rungano Nyoni
12A
Drama/Fiction
Child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, drug misuse
English, Bemba

Driving home from a party one night, Shula seems unfazed by the sight of her uncle’s dead body on the deserted road. While preparations are made for hisfuneral, she finds herself plunged into the hidden secrets of her family. As tensions rise, Shula and her cousin Nsansa join forces to reconcile the past for a more hopeful future.

A fierce and darkly funny portrait of one woman’s strength in the face of crisis, spotlighting community and sisterhood, Nyoni’s award-winning second feature proves her to be a distinctive filmmaker blazing a unique trail.


“A razor-sharp gem”Vanity Fair

“Magically transcendent”RogerEbert.com

“Tremendous…this is palpably new, future-minded filmmaking”Variety

“Surreal and darkly funny…consistently surprises as it unreleases its rage”W Magazine

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