Sweetness in the Belly
Synopsis
Abandoned in Africa as a child, following a visit to the Sufi shrine in Bilal al Habash, Lilly is taken in by the shrine’s spiritual leader Great Abdal and brought up there as a devoted Muslim. At 17, she leaves for Ethiopia, where she falls in love with an idealistic doctor. With civil war looming, danger grows. Lilly is forced to flee to England. She finds home in a friendship with Amina, a refugee from Ethiopia who has fled the same war, and together they begin a mission to reunite people with their scattered families. We soon discover that Lilly’s mission isn’t purely selfless and Amina has buried a secret that she is trying to flee.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Discovery - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 110 mins
- Director
- Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
- Producer
- Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Alan Moloney, Susan Mullen
- Executive Producer
- Mehret Mandefro, Adrian Sturges, Laura Bickford, Fiona Druckenmiller, Patrick Roy, Christina Kubacki
- Editor
- Susan Maggi
- Screenwriter
- Laura Phillips (screenplay), Camilla Gibb (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Tim Fleming ISC
- Production Designer
- Paki Smith
- Music
- Todor Kobakov
- Principal Cast
- Dakota Fanning, Wunmi Mosaku, Kunal Nayyar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd August 2019
