Atang quitte Johannesburg pour retourner dans son pays natal, le Lesotho, où il doit enterrer son père dans le village reculé et montagneux où il est né. Il tombe amoureux de sa copine d’enfance, Dineo, devenue une ravissante maitresse d’école. A travers la jeune femme, Atang se reconnecte à la beauté mystique de sa terre mère ainsi qu’aux habitants.

Un film de Andrew Mudge

1er Long métrage

USA / Afrique du Sud / Lesotho, 2013, Fiction, 1h36, Langue: Sesotho (sous-titrée)

avec Zenzo Ngqobe (Atang), Nozipho Nkelemba (Dineo), Jerry Mofokeng, Lebohang Ntsane, Moshoeshoe Chabeli, Lillian Dube

Atang leaves the hustle of Johannesburg to return to his ancestral land of Lesotho, where he must bury his estranged father in the remote, mountainous village where he was born. Stirred by memories of his youth, he falls in love with his childhood friend, Dineo, now a radiant young school teacher. Through her, Atang is drawn toward the mystical beauty and hardships of the people and land he had forgotten.

A film by Andrew Mudge

Debut Feature Film

Fiction, USA/South Africa/Lesotho 2013, 96 min.

Language: Sesotho (English subtitles)

Written and Directed by Andrew Mudge
Produced by T.R. Boyce Jr., Pieter Lombaard, Cecil Matlou, and Andrew Mudge
Executive Producers: Chris Roland and Terry Leonard
Cinematography by Carlos Carvalho
Music by Robert Miller
Casting by Bonnie Lee Bouman

CAST
Zenzo Ngqobe > Atang
Nozipho Nkelemba > Dineo
Jerry Mofokeng
Lebohang Ntsane
Moshoeshoe Chabeli
Lillian Dube

SALES
Robbie Little
The Little Film Company
robbie(@)thelittlefilmcompany.com
+1 (818) 762-6999


2013 | 39th SIFF – SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Usa
* Selection – African Pictures
Screening: May 30, 2013 / 6:00 PM / SIFF Cinema Uptown
Screening: June 5, 2013 / 9:00 PM / SIFF Cinema Uptown
www.siff.net/festival-2013/forgotten-kingdom