Makibefo (2001)

Directed by

Alexander Abela

Genre

drama film

Country

Madagascar, United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small fishing community in Madagascar is shaken when a man is persuaded by his wife to kill their chief. The film follows the characters as their actions and guilt tear apart their village.

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What happens

Makibefo is a 2001 Malagasy black-and-white drama film written and directed by Alexander Abela. The director filmed the movie near the town of Faux Cap, Madagascar, with a single technical assistant. With the exception of an English-speaking narrator, all the roles are played by indigenous Antandroy people (few of whom had ever seen a movie before) who performed a largely improvised story based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth set in a remote fishing village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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