Macondo

Berlin 2014
Competition
Viennale 2014
Vienna Film Award
Sarajevo Film Festival
CICAE Award
Hong Kong IFF 2014
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.

Berlin 2014
Competition
Viennale 2014
Vienna Film Award
Sarajevo Film Festival
CICAE Award
Hong Kong IFF 2014
Firebird Award

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