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Critic Samina Jakobsen
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War Witch' er nok magisk-realistisk, men også usentimental og uden meget håb. Kim Nguyen har over en tiårig periode udviklet historien og har talt med både lærere, sygeplejersker og eks-børnesoldater fra DR Congo i sin research til filmen.

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Cast & Crew

Kim Nguyen
Director
Kim Nguyen
Writer
Ralph Prosper
As Boucher
Mizinga Mwinga
As Grand Tigre Royal
Cornelius Keagon
As Rebelle
Sk Wizi
As sasa
Tchuba Dimalo
As footballer
Spyce Bro
As singer

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In the midst of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa 12-year-old Komona gets kidnapped by a rebel army and forced to kill her parents, then she gets shipped to an island with other children to learn how to use large weapons for war against enemy soldiers; Komona experiences vivid hallucinations when she drinks tree sap which leads to her being considered a child witch after surviving a rebels' attack, and her life becomes complicated as she navigates between a commander who wants to make her a concubine and her escape from the rebels to be with her love interest.

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