The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Lemohang Jeremiah MoseseWriter
- Yu MiyashitaOriginal Music Composer
- Lemohang Jeremiah MoseseDirector
Cast
- Mary TwalaMantoa
- Jerry MofokengLesiba Player
- Makhaola NdebelePriest
- Tseko MonahengChief Khotso
- Siphiwe NzimaPono
- Thabiso MakotoLasaro
- Thabo LetsieMokolobetsi
- Silas MonyatseMorui
- Mochesane KotsoaneOld Man
- Shoaepane Joseph SchahleFarmer
- Mastsoso MonyatsiForeman
- Ntsoaki LetsieKe'moralioamang
Stills
Themes
rural lifeold people