Macondo
Competition
Vienna Film Award
CICAE Award
Firebird Award
Macondo
A Film by Sudabeh Mortezai
2014 - Austria - Drama - DCP - 1.85 - 98 min.
with Ramasan Minkailov , Aslan Elbiev & Kheda Gazieva
Languages: German , Chechen
Produced by Oliver Neumann & Sabine Moser
Ramasan, an 11-year-old boy from Chechnya, grows up in Macondo, a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Vienna. Living alone with his mother and two little sisters, Ramasan takes over the role of the father assuming the responsibility for his small family.
Competition
Vienna Film Award
CICAE Award
Firebird Award
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