Neptune Frost (2021)

Directed by

Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams

Genre

musical film, Afrofuturism

Country

Rwanda, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

M

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An intersex hacker and a coltan miner meet and fall in love. Their story unfolds across different times in a post civil war Burundi.

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What happens

Neptune Frost is a 2021 science fiction romantic musical co-directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman and starring Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo and Kaya Free. Set in a post-civil war Burundi spanning past, future, and present times, the film follows the relationship between an intersex hacker and a coltan miner. Ezra Miller is a producer and Lin-Manuel Miranda an executive producer. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on July 8, 2021, and was released in the United States on June 3, 2022, by Kino Lorber to critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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