Anbessa (2019)

Name: Anbessa
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2019-03-14T08:49:04+01:00
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Asalif Tewold, Alem Sebisibe Ayitenfsu, Abinet

Documentary | 85 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Drama

Duration: 85 minuten

Country: Italy / Ethiopia / United States

Directed by: Mo Scarpelli

Starst: and Asalif Tewold

IMDb score: 6,5 (184)

Releasedate: 11 February 2019

Anbessa plot

"A boy fights back against modernization by becoming a lion (anbessa)."

Braving a new housing development in Ethiopia, Asalif and his mother continue their lives within the traditional village community: grazing animals, tending their gardens and picking fruit from the trees. Asalif's hut has no electricity, but the windows of the surrounding high-rise buildings reflect the moon at night. Asalif scours the streets of the new city for electrical waste and builds a spaceship with an engine. His mother tells old legends.