"The screen actor Embeth Davidtz makes a great feature directing debut with this utterly heartfelt, beautifully shot and meticulously realised movie in which she also stars clearly a passion project showing a troubled world through the unjudging eyes of a child. It is an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller's award-winning memoir of the same name, about her childhood in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in the late 1970s, just before the election that brought Robert Mugabe to power,"
"There's a lovely performance from seven-year-old newcomer Lexi Venter as Bobo, a smudgey-faced little kid left to run ferally and blissfully wild on her family's disintegrating farm. This is a place where her parents sleep cradling guns; her dad (Rob van Vuuren) is away much of the time on a paranoid protective patrol with other white farmers, and her mum (a bravura performance from Davidtz) is going not-so-quietly frantic with depression and drink."
Embeth Davidtz makes a feature directing debut and also stars as the troubled mother of a seven-year-old, delivering a bravura, heartfelt performance. The story is set in late-1970s Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as white farmers confront the imminent political change that brings fear and uncertainty. Seven-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter) lives feral and blissfully wild on the family’s disintegrating farm while her father patrols with other farmers and her mother sinks into depression and drink. The film foregrounds an unjudging child’s perspective, rich visual detail, tense racial and familial dynamics, and standout supporting performances.
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