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Anbessa

  • 2019
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Anbessa (2019)
DocumentaryDrama

The simple life in his mother's hut off the grid set against the huge TVs in the apartment blocks where the other children live. Asalif adapts to the changes to his familiar surroundings wit... Read allThe simple life in his mother's hut off the grid set against the huge TVs in the apartment blocks where the other children live. Asalif adapts to the changes to his familiar surroundings with growing autonomy. He becomes Anbessa, the lion.The simple life in his mother's hut off the grid set against the huge TVs in the apartment blocks where the other children live. Asalif adapts to the changes to his familiar surroundings with growing autonomy. He becomes Anbessa, the lion.

  • Director
    • Mo Scarpelli
  • Writer
    • Mo Scarpelli
  • Stars
    • Asalif Tewold
    • Alem Sebisibe Ayitenfsu
    • Abinet
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    173
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mo Scarpelli
    • Writer
      • Mo Scarpelli
    • Stars
      • Asalif Tewold
      • Alem Sebisibe Ayitenfsu
      • Abinet
    • 2User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Asalif Tewold
    Alem Sebisibe Ayitenfsu
    Abinet
    Aster Biruk Aderi
    Birtukan Biruk Aderi
    Biruk Aderi
    Fikadu Biruk Aderi
    Tigist Biruk Aderi
    Tsehay Biruk Aderi
    Meseret Dechasa
    Getnet
    Soloman Girma
    Kuba
    Misgan Assefa Lulie
    Teshome Seifu
    Ato Silesh
    Fikrab Gebeyehu Silesh
    Eshetu Zewdie
    • Director
      • Mo Scarpelli
    • Writer
      • Mo Scarpelli
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    A Glimps into the life of the down trodden through the eyes on an exceptional kid

    Very well shot camera variete style Documentary. It is very sensitive to the pitfalls of superimposing the filmmakers' view point over that of the subject characters common to this documentary style. It avoids such bias well and should be commaded for this.

    The film captures the reality of the population that is left behind and pushed around in Ethiopian society

    The film juxtapositions the bleak existance of an exceptionally bright and outgoing child and his single mother living in a mus hur just outside so called condo development, with neighbors in these developments, who are just slightly better off but still a world apart.

    The best of variete documentaries!

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Ethiopia
      • United States
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    • Language
      • Amharic
    • Also known as
      • Anbessa - Löwe
    • Filming locations
      • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • Production company
      • Rake Films
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      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
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