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This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

2020 · 120 min

A slow, solemn immersion into grief and defiance, visually hypnotic and quietly overwhelming, demanding patience but rewarding it with deep emotional resonance.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened with resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a spirit of resistance within her community.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Grief, isolation, death, family
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight9

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
    Written by
    Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
    Starring
    Mary Twala, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima, Thabiso Makoto, Thabo Letsie, Silas Monyatse
    Music
    Yu Miyashita
    Cinematography
    Pierre De Villiers
    Runtime
    120 min
    Country
    South Africa
    Languages
    Sotho

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