Johannesburg is in a state of euphoria two years after the first democratic elections. Here Thandeka, a young black journalist, lives in fear of her country’s past. She’s so troubled that she can’t work, and her relationship with Mangi, her 13-year-old, profoundly deaf daughter, goes from bad to worse.
Then, one day Me’Tau, an elderly woman, arrives at the newspaper. Ten years earlier, Thandeka witnessed the murder of Me’Tau’s daughter, Dineo, by the secret police. Me’Tau wants Thandeka to find the murderers and Dineo’s body so that the girl can be buried in accordance with tradition.
Both women are unaware that the killers are lurking nearby. What Me’Tau couldn’t know is that Thandeka has already paid for her knowledge, for having dared stand up to the apartheid system run by the whites.
Mangi secretly prepares a Zulu love letter, four embroidered images representing solitude, loss, hope, and love, as a final gesture towards her mother so that she won’t give up the fight.
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Executive Producers :
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin
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Screenwriters :
Ramadan Suleman, Bhekizizwe Peterson
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Gita Cerveira, Jean Mallet, Jean-Pierre Laforce
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Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
Psychological dramaProduction language :
English, Sign languageCoproducer countries :
France, South Africa, GermanyOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Minority French (France, South Africa, Germany)Production year :
2004French release :
19/04/2006Runtime :
1 h 45 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
107.236Visa issue date :
09/09/2005Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
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1.85Audio format :
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