Price of Love
First screened in September 2015
Director: Hermon Hailay. Cast: Eskinder Tameru, Fereweni Gebregergs, Solomon Teka, Dawit Gulilat, Kassahun Getatchew. Screenplay: Hermon Hailay and Max Conil. Twitter Capsule:
Some story beats are sadly familiar, but this streetside Ethiopian drama conveys them with nuance and piquant detail.
VOR:③
Rare to evoke the virtues and tolls of conscience so fully, and to capture the sights and sounds of a non-Western city without tilting into exoticism. No mold-breaker, but valuable.
