Watch: I Am Not a Witch 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that perches on a large truck. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she’ll be cursed and transformed into a goat..
Plot: Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
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The potential for catharsis is there BUT
There are several very interesting podcasts available online where the director explains how she found the protagonist girl (Benfors ‘Wee Do) by accident. She also mentions that in some scenes, she wanted to deal with the film’s central theme with humour, instead of forcing the viewer to feel guilty for laughing. It may be due to ignorance or lack of knowledge of the cultural context but personally, I did not feel the delicate line between humour and seriousness, between fairy tale and reality. For this very reason, I found these motifs overtly forced and simply too symbolic. At the same time, it is a movie with a really strong imagery and important message. The potential for catharsis is there all the way through the film but sadly, it just did not happen for me this time.
Striking and Aesthetical
It’s really a good movie. Aesthetically designed scenes and dark-comedic, rational storytelling penetrates to the viewer’s soul! The true story contains its own symbols reffering ideo-political facts of the world and woman director Rungano Nyoni who shooted her first full-length movie, very succesfully treated those materails. Please, watch the movie and think on “orange truck” and “white cordons”.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
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Status Released
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Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Rungano Nyoni
Writer Rungano Nyoni
Actors Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo
Country United Kingdom, France, Germany, Zambia
Awards Won 1 BAFTA Award17 wins & 36 nominations total
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Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
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