Synopsis
Set in the rural plains of Lesotho, the film documents a day in the life of children living in a Buddhist orphanage, leading to an exploration of shifting power relations and moral value systems.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : KinoElektron
- Foreign production companies : Day Zero Film UG, Day Zero Film
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Teboho Edkins
- Director of Photography : Samuel Lahu
- Foreign producers : Teboho Edkins, Don Edkins
- Line Producer : Don Edkins
- Co-producer : Janja Kralj
- Production Manager : Rebeatsoe Rasephei
- Sound Editor : Johannes Kunz
- Grader : Eric Giese
- Sound Mixer : Johannes Kunz
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : Ethnography, Religion, Immigration
- Production language : Mandarin
- Coproducer countries : Germany (40.0%), South Africa (30.0%), France (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Germany, South Africa, France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 8 min 27 seconds
- Production formats : AVCHD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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