This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

OT: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese // Lesotho, Italy, South Africa, 2019
Fiction Feature // FF2020
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Story

The grapes of wrath: a visually stunning drama from Lesotho which poses questions about grief, ecological destruction and religion. Christmas in the mountain village of Nasaretha, Lesotho: Mantoa, an 80-year old widow is looking forward to seeing her last remaining son, who is due back from work in a South African mine. Instead, she learns of his death. Shattered, Mantoa begins to prepare for her own passing. Meanwhile, there is more disturbing news: a huge new reservoir is planned which would swallow up the village and its cemetry. The widow’s grief begins to turn to anger.

Director

LEMOHANG JEREMIAH MOSESE (*1980) comes from Lesotho and now lives in Berlin. He won international recognition for his prize-winning film essay Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You (2019).

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Info

Original title: This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: Sesotho

Section: Kaleidoskop//FF2020

Production country: Lesotho, Italy, South Africa

Produced: 2019

Runtime: 120 min

Language and subtitles: OV with German and French subtitles

Director: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Screenplay: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Cast: Mary Twala Mlongo, Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makhetha, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima

Producer: Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro

DoP: Pierre de Villiers

Editor: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Music: Yu Miyashita

Production design: Leila Walter

Costume design: Nao Serati

German Distributor: trigon-film

World Sales: Memento Films International

Production Company: Urucu Media

Film contact: Stefanie Rusterholz, trigon-film: rusterholz@trigon-film.org

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