World Narrative Competition Award Winner
North American Premiere

World Narrative Competition Award Winner

Awards Screenings
| Canada, (none) | 90 MINUTES | French, Lingala
At 14, Komona has lived through horrors that eclipse any adult's worst nightmares. In this mesmerizing, otherworldly drama, shot entirely in the Congo, she confides to the baby growing inside of her the harrowing story of her life since rebel warlords stormed her village. Fortified by eerily mystical powers and the warming friendship of an albino boy, the sensitive girl battles through this dire, war-ravaged world enchained as a child soldier.

 

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