Ramasan has a lot of responsibility for an 11-yearold. In traditional Chechen society, he is now considered the man of the house in charge of his mother and two younger sisters. His world is now centred in Macondo, a tough ethnic neighbourhood in the industrial suburbs of Vienna.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 38 min.
- Country, year
- Austria, 2014
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Sudabeh Mortezai
- Screenplay
- Sudabeh Mortezai
- Cinematography
- Klemens Hufnagl
- Cast
- Ramasan Minkailov, Kheda Gazieva, Aslan Elbiev
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition, nominated for Best First Feature Award
- Golden Firebird Award for Young Cinema, nominated for FIPRESCI Prize
- nominated for New Director’s Showcase Award
- unknown - 1
Director
Sudabeh Mortezai
Sudabeh Mortezai was born in Germany, in 1968, to Iranian parents. She grew up in Tehran and in Vienna where she studied theatre, film and media science. Between 2002 and 2003 she studied film at the University of California in Los Angeles and then made a number of short films and documentaries. She is known for her documentary films Children of the Prophet (2006) and In the Bazaar of Sexes (2009). Macondo is her debut feature film.
