The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. A young man, troubled gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both, Joseph and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Judy KibingeDirector
Cast
- Sue WanjiruAnne (as Susan Wanjiru)
- Qdamah KipchumbaJoseph (as Walter Kipchumba Lagat)
- David Kiprotich MutaiLesit
- Anne KimaniGathoni
- Carolyne Chebiwott KibetJerono
- Benjamin NyagakaKitur
- Chomba NjeruKarogo
- Hilda JepkoechChebet
- Kipng'eno Kirui DuncanChepsoi
Stills
Themes
woman director