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War Witch

Rebelle (War Witch)

2012

Kim Nguyen

Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Mizinga Mwinga ...

6.7

1,402

Drama. War Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"The sensitively imagined story of a child soldier in Africa makes 'War Witch' a genre benchmark and a breakout work for writer-director Kim Nguyen"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"Along with the moral lesson, Nguyen remembers to give auds some pleasures, including the exquisitely chosen soundtrack of African folk and pop music, Nicolas Bolduc's cinematography and the very artful use of sound throughout"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"'War Witch' is so cleareyed that it makes you wonder how much more irrational this world is than the so-called civilized one under its camouflage of material wealth"	POS
United States	Sam Adams Los Angeles Times	"The film’s subject is almost too horrible to contemplate, but it finds a way to space out the blows without softening them (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The powerful things we expect from 'War Witch' are as advertised, but what we don't expect is even better"	POS

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