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Rafiki

2018

Wanuri Kahiu

Patricia Amira, Muthoni Gathecha, Jimmy Gathu, Nice Githinji ...

6.5

305

Drama It is said that good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives, but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"More significant for its politics than its originality (...) Poignant but slender (...) Mature audiences will be left wishing for greater narrative complexity"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] brings fresh context to an old story (...) [It] is just good enough to give its modest intentions a historic purpose"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Modest, flawed and valuable (...) The film’s unromanticized but vibrantly specific sense of place is among its most appealing assets."	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A modest, at times striking drama that is perhaps more notable for what it represents than what it is."	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"[It serves] as a fine showcase for two talented young actresses but narratively stalling out as it tells a familiar story."	NEU
United Kingdom	Gwilym Mumford The Guardian	"What Kahiu’s film lacks in originality, it makes up for in its depiction of the giddy flush of first love (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A dynamic, smoothly-executed tale of impossible love that brings fresh energy to a subject that may seem overly familiar to western eyes. Slight but very likeable"	POS

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