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Kare kare zvako: Mother's Day (2005)

Genre : Drama, Music, Horror

Runtime : 30M

Director : Tsitsi Dangarembga

Synopsis

Drought has struck. Father pushes his wife away from the family dinner of termites. In anger, when mother challenges him, he digs a pit with a brutal purpose, but little does he suspect that Mother can retaliate just as powerfully. Based on an old Shona folk tale and rendered as a musical celebrating a diversity of contemporaray Zimbabwean music, Mother's Day is the newest and most exciting motion picture development to come out of Zimbabwe.

Actors

Belinda Mapfute
Belinda Mapfute
Nicolas Mazenda
Nicolas Mazenda
Simbarashe Mombemushora
Simbarashe Mombemushora
Consolata Ngwenya
Consolata Ngwenya

Crews

Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Writer
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Director
Pierre Mennel
Pierre Mennel
Cinematography
Kelly Musike
Kelly Musike
Music
Olaf Koschke
Olaf Koschke
Editor
Themba Nyamweda
Themba Nyamweda
Sound

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