MILES FROM NOWHERE

By Samantha NELL

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE - LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - as PROMO

First film - Development 2018

In an old-age home, a conflict over skin colour reveals the cracks in the new South Africa

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • First film, Black comedy
    • Countries
    • SOUTH AFRICA
    • Director(s)
    • Samantha NELL
    • Producer(s)
    • Bongiwe SELANE (Blingola Media)
    • Synopsis
    • Ben lives comfortably amongst his own people in a Jewish old-age home in Johannesburg. The arrival of residents of colour shatters his reality. He is confronted by the headstrong Lebo as they vie for position within the home. Their mundane conflict pits the entire home and their own liberal children and grandchildren against each other. They all must realize how difficult it is to change.