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Barakat

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

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Original title: Barakat
Year: 2020
Running time: 105 min.
Country: South Africa
Director: Amy Jephta
Screenwriter: Amy Jephta
Cast: Vinette Ebrahim, Joey Yusuf Rasdien, Mortimer Williams
Music: Kyle Shepherd
Cinematography: Ebrahim Hajee
Producer: Nagvlug, PaperJet Productions
Genre: Comedy. Drama
Synopsis: An aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.

Critics' reviews

"[It] ultimately thrives on its vivid social and linguistic particularities (...) The pleasures of 'Barakat' lie in its details"

Guy Lodge: Variety

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Barakat

2020

Amy Jephta