Why it's on MuvieStars
A Sundance-honoured breakthrough for Lesotho's cinema, distinguished by Mary Twala Mhlongo's performance and a striking visual treatment of grief, land and resistance to displacement.
About the film
Mantoa, an elderly widow in Lesotho, prepares for death after losing her family. When a proposed dam threatens to displace her village and submerge its burial grounds, she turns her grief into resistance and rallies her neighbours to defend their home.
Cultural context
Lesotho-South Africa-Italy production. Original language is Sesotho (Southern Sotho), absent from the current enum and therefore represented by other. Year and 122-minute runtime follow Criterion; other sources use 2020 and 117 or 120 minutes.
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Festival & industry recognition
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Sundance Film FestivalWon
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking · 2020
