Wadaean Julia
Goodbye Julia
Goodbye Julia
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De Noord-Soedanese Mona (Eiman Yousif) wordt geteisterd door schuldgevoelens nadat ze een moord heeft verdoezeld. Ze probeert haar geweten te zuiveren door de Zuid-Soedanese weduwe van de overledene, Julia, en haar zoon Daniel in huis te nemen. Mona kan haar misstappen niet opbiechten aan Julia en besluit het verleden achter zich te laten. De onrust in het land zorgt er echter voor dat ze alsnog oog in oog met haar zonden komt te staan. (September Film)
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A powerful drama about a moral dilemma, in which a wealthy Arab woman hits a black child with her car in a slum and then fearfully leaves the scene of the crime. The child escapes unharmed, but an unfortunate misunderstanding results in the death of his father, who was chasing the fleeing driver on his motorcycle. The remorseful woman then secretly seeks out his unsuspecting wife, hires her as a servant and houses her and the child in her home. The powerful subsequent development of the two women’s relationship and the suspenseful postponement of the inevitable revelation of the truth are complemented by the motif of the Muslim protagonist’s life together with her distant husband and the context of the political situation in Sudan, which is on the verge of a national referendum on the autonomy of its southern region. On multiple levels, the film honestly and comprehensively deals with a number of motifs and characters, incorporating into the story themes such as guilt and redemption, lies and mistrust, the shift from racial prejudice to warm friendship, and determining priorities when making major life decisions.
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