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Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
Directed by Zeresenay Mehari
Drama · 1h 51m
Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.
Cast
Dakota Fanning
Lilly Mitchell Abdal
Wunmi Mosaku
Amina Mergessa
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser
Kunal Nayyar
Dr. Robin Sathi
R
Rafael Goncalves
Ahmed Mergessa
Chris McHallem
Immigration Officer
Denis Conway
Officer Capps
Molly McCann
Young Lilly
Gavin Drea
Philip Mitchell
Sophie Kennedy Clark
Alice Mitchell
E
Estad Tewfik Yusuf Mohamed
The Great Abdal
Sharon Coade
Shelter Worker
Crew
- Director
- Zeresenay Mehari
- Writer
- Laura Phillips
- Novel
- Camilla Gibb
- Director of Photography
- Tim Fleming
- Original Music Composer
- Todor Kobakov
- Editor
- Susan Maggi
- Producer
- Jennifer Kawaja, Alan Moloney, Susan Mullen, Julia Sereny
Details
- Release date
- 2019-09-06
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Amharic, Arabic
- Countries
- Canada, Ireland
- Production
- Parallel Films, Sienna Films