Sweetness in the Belly (Blu-ray)

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Format:  Blu-ray
item number:  74KEY
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  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: July 7, 2020
  • Originally Released: 2019
  • Label: Gravitas Ventures

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TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 10
Rating: B -- Despite its flaws, Sweetness in the Belly hits plenty of the right notes, featuring a breadth of insight possible only when a filmmaker truly knows the place the story is set. Full Review
The Playlist
Sep 10, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- Deeply felt drama about one woman's refugee experience. Full Review
Common Sense Media
May 21, 2020
Rating: 2.5/5 -- While this movie certainly has the potential, it just misses the mark on its story structure, Lilly's character development, and falls victim to dated cinematic tropes that Hollywood has a bad habit of repeating incessantly. Full Review
Black Girl Nerds
Sep 9, 2019
Pleasant and picturesque throughout, "Sweetness in the Belly" is most affecting as a story where everyone is an outsider in some capacity. Full Review
Variety
May 7, 2020
Despite its flaws, Sweetness in the Belly stands as a solid, emotionally driven drama that covers a variety of complicated topics. Full Review
Film Ireland Magazine
Nov 25, 2019
The nonlinear film is evocative and compassionate, yet struggles to modulate its disparate narrative threads. Full Review
Cinemalogue
May 29, 2020
It ticks nearly every box in the checklist of films you wish you could like more than you actually do. Full Review
Hollywood Reporter
Sep 7, 2019

Product Description:

Director Zeresenay Mehari's transnational drama is an adaptation of English-born Canadian writer Camilla Gibb's 2005 novel of the same name. Starring Dakota Fanning, Kunal Nayyar, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Wunmi Mosaku, it traces the story of Lilly Abdal, an Anglo-Irish woman who grew up in Morocco as an orphan and embraced Islam. She is forced to flee to England after a civil war breaks out in Ethiopia in the 1970s.

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  • UPC: 850015345043
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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