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Synopsis: Komona, a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the story to her unborn child about her kidnapping by rebels and forced to join their bloody civil war. When she discovers a valuable intuition about the presence of the enemy, she is elevated as a witch and favored by the rebel leader. However, this special status threatens to be short-lived in this world of superstition and senseless brutality even as the ghosts of the war dead haunt her visions. However, when a newfound friend convinces her to desert, Komona finds escaping that brutal life is far from easy with its physical and spiritual consequences following her wherever she goes.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Kim Nguyen
Production: Tribeca Film
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
90 min
$28,620
Website
230 Views


Even a pig

rows better than you!

You don't know what you're saying!

we would have tipped the boat

if it wasn't for me!

After we ran away from Great Tiger,

Magician told me he loved me

and he asked me to marry him,

I told him what

my father told me

to answer to the boys

who asked to marry me,

I told him you can't marry me

just like that

and that, if he wanted to marry me,

he had to find me a white rooster,

My father always told me

that the hardest thing

to fiind in my country

is a white rooster,

Give me a white rooster!

Give me a white rooster!

You're making fun of me?

You're in love?

You wanna get married?

Mama Angele!

what's so funny, Papa?

He's looking for a white rooster

to get married.

You are completely crazy!

Magician searched for a

white rooster for a very long time,

- where can I find a white rooster?

- well, it doesn't exist.

Of course it exists.

I'm looking for one.

My father wanted to marry

the prettiest girl in town.

They asked for a white rooster,

but he never found one.

So he married my mother

for 10 cows!

OK, OK, OK. where are

the chickens around here?

There's a henhouse further that way,

but there are no white roosters.

Drop it.

Bastards!

You will get your throat slit

just like chickens!

I don't want to.

we need a white rooster

to be together.

white roosters don't exist.

Your daddy lied to you.

They don't exist.

Everyone I ask

tells me they don't exist.

white roosters only exist

in your village.

And you refuse me for

a white rooster that doesn't exist.

I don't have one for you,

so I'm leaving.

My leg!

Stop your nonsense.

- I need money for the hospital!

- Liar! He threw himself on the car!

You hit my brother!

Pay him!

Help!

Tell me.

Know where I can find

a white rooster?

It's very difficult to find.

I know they are

difficult to find!

Give me a grigri

to protect me from war.

- That's all you want?

- Yes.

- Is Maestro here?

- Yes.

A white rooster is very expensive.

It's rare.

It will cost you a lot.

They tell me you are a magician.

I have three wives.

I see one on Monday,

one on T uesday

and the other on wednesday,

not easy to do.

So you give me a little money

and I also need something

for strength.

No problem,

I have something for you.

with that,

I can have fifteen wives?

You will be in control

of the situation.

Here's the white rooster.

If it's to get married,

then show your courage.

Come.

Uncle!

Are you finished with the war?

My wife, Komona.

You don't need this anymore.

Everybody called

Magician's uncle "The Butcher

He would always keep

an empty bucket next to him

when he cut the meat,

because every time he would

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Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle). The film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards; in addition to being named Best Picture and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese father and a French Canadian mother, Nguyen has directed a number of feature films to date including War Witch (also known by the French title Rebelle) in 2012 and Eye on Juliet in 2017. He is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, having earned a BFA. more…

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