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Small Country: An African Childhood

2020, Movie, 1h 52min

Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.

"Small Country: An African Childhood" — drama movie produced in Belgium and France and released in 2020. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 52min. "Small Country: An African Childhood" is not currently available to stream in undefined. Save it and we'll notify you when it's available! Make sure to turn on push notifications as well.

Country: Belgium,France

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Reviews

Critic Maria Domellöf-Wik

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Det starka med filmen ”Litet land” är barnperspektivet som aldrig kompromissas bort

Read full review at Göteborgsposten

Critic Fredrik Sahlin

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...påminner om hur en fiktion bättre än de flesta dokumentärer, via psykologisk spegling och sympati, kan alstra en slags akut empati med huvudpersonerna.

Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna

Critic Emma Gray Munthe

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...är lika delar historielektion och fin barndomsskildring.

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Critic Mattias Blomberg

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Det här är en överväldigande stark och djupt mänsklig filmupplevelse.

Read full review at Moviezine

Critic Eva Af Geijerstam

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Allt berättas ur Gabriels perspektiv, när han tvingas förstå att han varken är vit eller svart och att det enda som skiljer hutuer från tutsier är längden på näsan.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter

Critic Karoline Eriksson

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...en intagande film om mellanförskap och hur kriget korrumperar och ödelägger allt.

Read full review at Svenska Dagbladet

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"Small Country: An African Childhood" is a powerful coming-of-age story set in Burundi during the 1990s. The film follows 10-year-old Gabriel, a carefree kid who loves adventure and has a close bond with his family, particularly his mother. However, when tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over into Burundi, Gabriel's life takes a drastic turn. His family is put in danger, and his innocence is shattered as he witnesses the brutality of war. The film poignantly captures the loss of childhood innocence and the harsh realities of growing up in a war-torn country.

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