Sudabeh mortezai biography of mahatma

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Macondo

Hilal - ages 13+

Synopsis

Macondo, a refugee camp in the Simmerging district of Vienna, houses about 3,000 asylum-seekers from 22 different countries.

German-born Iranian director Sudabeh Mortezai’s debut fiction feature focuses on Ramasan, an 11-year-old Chechen refugee, who does his best to take care of his widowed mother and his younger sisters. When a stranger turns up, saying he is a friend of Ramasan’s late father, conflicting feelings overwhelm the boy, and his life is turned upside down.
Avoiding touristy or picturesque views of Vienna, Mortezai fixes her camera on the little boy as he wanders among the drab prefab structures of the refugee camp as if it were a no man’s land – fearful of the wolves that perhaps linger in the nearby woods