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6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Fig Tree

(2018)

Runtime

1 hour 33 minutes

Guidance Rating

TBA

Release Date (South Africa)

2019-07-19

drama

festival

Synopsis

14 year old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Marsha's coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.

Featuring

Betalehem Asmamawe

as Mina

Rodas Gizaw

Weyenshiet Belachew

Yohannes Musa

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Fig Tree