Shortly after shooting his father in cold blood, Mafashion, a pubescent gun-fiend, meets Margarine, an innocent schoolgirl. Her love for him reveals a tenderness he has always harboured, despite believing that boys should be tough and not cry.
Mafashion tries his level best not to expose Margarine to his criminal ways, but when she discovers the depth of his criminal involvement, Margarine threatens to call the police on him.
When Mafashion becomes a father, his life changes and he is forced to look at himself through the eyes of the man he had so brutally attempted to murder.
Laurels:
- Best International Film Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2022
- Best Director Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2022
- Year2022
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageXhosa, Zulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- GenreDrama
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningContains scenes with drug use, coarse language, sexual content and violence
- DirectorThabo Khambule
- ProducerCarmel Khambule, Bheki Ncube
- Executive ProducerCarmel Khambule, Thabo Khambule, Kabelo Thathe,
- CastFinito Bullets, Themba Mkhoma, Ngabade Mazibuko, Motsoaledi Setumo, Mammy Manhique, Linda Sebezo, Yolo Noruwana
- CinematographerKabelo Thathe
- EditorMzwakhe Dlamini, Glary Leshilo
Shortly after shooting his father in cold blood, Mafashion, a pubescent gun-fiend, meets Margarine, an innocent schoolgirl. Her love for him reveals a tenderness he has always harboured, despite believing that boys should be tough and not cry.
Mafashion tries his level best not to expose Margarine to his criminal ways, but when she discovers the depth of his criminal involvement, Margarine threatens to call the police on him.
When Mafashion becomes a father, his life changes and he is forced to look at himself through the eyes of the man he had so brutally attempted to murder.
Laurels:
- Best International Film Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2022
- Best Director Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2022
- Year2022
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageXhosa, Zulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- GenreDrama
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningContains scenes with drug use, coarse language, sexual content and violence
- DirectorThabo Khambule
- ProducerCarmel Khambule, Bheki Ncube
- Executive ProducerCarmel Khambule, Thabo Khambule, Kabelo Thathe,
- CastFinito Bullets, Themba Mkhoma, Ngabade Mazibuko, Motsoaledi Setumo, Mammy Manhique, Linda Sebezo, Yolo Noruwana
- CinematographerKabelo Thathe
- EditorMzwakhe Dlamini, Glary Leshilo