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This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
MEANRANK
81/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened with resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a spirit of resistance within her community.
Details
- Director
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Writer
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Studio
- Urucu Media
- Released
- 17 June 2020
- Country
- South Africa
- Language
- Sotho
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2021 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Lesotho | Nominee |
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×Full cast — This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
×1 awards — This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Lesotho | Nominee |