SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY
synopsis
Lilly, orphaned as a child, experiences her parents homeland of England, escaping civil war. She becomes the heart of a disenfranchised community in London, where she attempts to reunite people with their families. But her friend Amira discovers Lilly's mission isn't purely altruistic and a passionate lost love affair is revealed between Lilly and Aziz, an idealistic doctor.
international title: | Sweetness in the Belly |
original title: | Sweetness in the Belly |
country: | Ireland, Canada |
sales agent: | HanWay Films |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari |
film run: | 110' |
screenplay: | Laura Phillips |
cast: | Dakota Fanning, Kunal Nayyar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wunmi Mosaku, Gavin Drea, Peter Bankole, Amerjit Deu, Yohanna Ephrem, Sharon Coade, Molly McCann |
cinematography by: | Tim Fleming |
film editing: | Susan Maggi |
art director: | Paki Smith |
costumes designer: | Lorna Marie Mugan |
music: | Todor Kobakov |
producer: | Jennifer Kawaja, Alan Moloney, Susan Mullen, Julia Sereny |
executive producer: | Laura Bickford, Fiona Drukenmiller, Mehret Mandefro, Adrian Sturges |
production: | Parallel Films, Sienna Films (CA) |
backing: | Telefilm Canada (CA), Screen Ireland (IE), Ontario Media Development Corporation (CA), Eurimages |
distributor: | HanWay Films |