Un incendie a dévasté un grand quartier du centre de Lusaka. En dépit de deux morts et de lourdes pertes matérielles, les habitants continuent à vivre comme si rien ne s’était passé

Réalisatrice : Rungano Nyoni
Pays : Zambie

Productrice : Juliette Grandmont (Clandestine Films, France)

2013 | 34ème DIFF – Festival de Durban, Afrique du Sud
* Projet – 4ème Durban FilmMart
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A fire breaks out in a large compound in the centre of Lusaka. Despite the fire sadly claiming two lives and almost threatening to wipe out the entire compound, its residents continue their lives as if nothing happened. However a series of unfortunate events continue to conspire against the community, culminating in an unimaginable tragedy. Jolted out of the passiveness of their everyday existence, the community is forced to finally take action in Solidarity.

Director: Rungano Nyoni
Country: ZAMBIA

Producer: Juliette Grandmont
Company: Clandestine Films (France)

Rungano Nyoni was a British Academy of Film and Television Award nominee 2012. Juliette Grandmont heads Clandestine Films, which produces and co-produces 1st and 2nd feature films directed by European filmmakers.