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Ethiopia, Germany, France · 2008
2h 20m
Director Haile Gerima
Starring Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
Genre Drama

The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu. After several years studying medicine in Germany, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. Seeking the comfort of his countryside home, Anberber finds no refuge from violence and must decide whether to bear the strain or piece together a new life from the fragments that lie around him.

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Gerima's film stands as a richly expansive portrait of a man caught between an untenable exile and the terrible consequences of his homeland's violent past.

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