Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Drama
Eight-year-old Bobo grows up on her family farm in Rhodesia in 1980 during the final days of the Bush War to end British colonial rule. Her eyes see conflict, the family's bond to the land, and the lasting wounds that war imprints on those who live through it.
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A deeply melancholic and reflective slow-burn, this film immerses you in a child's poignant observations of a land in turmoil. It's a tense, elegiac journey through the fading echoes of an era, exploring the quiet resilience and lasting wounds etched onto a family and their home.
melancholicpoignanttensereflectiveelegiacslow-burnobservational dramahistorical realismcoming-of-age perspectivechildhood innocencehistorical traumathe scars of warcolonial legacybelonging
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