The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and social values. After several years spent studying medicine in Germany, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. His dream of using his craft to improve the health of Ethiopians is squashed by a military junta that uses scie... (Full plot summary below)
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The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and social values. After several years spent studying medicine in Germany, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. His dream of using his craft to improve the health of Ethiopians is squashed by a military junta that uses scientists for its own political ends. Seeking the comfort of his countryside home, Anberber finds no refuge from violence. The solace that the memories of his youth provide is quickly replaced by the competing forces of military and rebelling factions. Anberber needs to decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments that lie around him.
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| VarietyAlissa SimonUltimately rewards the viewer's patience with a potent sense of Ethiopian history and culture. |
| New York PressArmond WhiteGerima opposes the utter triviality of movies about black peoples' lives. He's made a deeply-felt drama about the complexity of the diaspora experience-a connection to Africa, the Mother continent, that gets totally ignored in most films we see... |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittThe storytelling is a deliberate muddle, jumbling time and space to suggest Anberber's aghast confusion. But if you stick with it for 140 minutes, everything does come together in an ending that is lyrical and devastating and just about perfect. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The storytelling is a deliberate muddle, jumbling time and space to suggest Anberber's aghast confusion. But if you stick with it for 140 minutes, everything does come together in an ending that is lyrical and devastating and just about perfect. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaThe herky-jerky quality of the experience, exacerbated by writer-director Gerima's restless editing, makes Anberber's story difficult to follow. |
| User ReviewMiguel AThis is not a technically perfect film, but despite the various flaws I would have to say that it's one of the most potent portrayals of political disillusionment and personal anguish that I've ever seen committed to celluloid. Anberber's story is not only a deeply intimate tragedy but also serves as the biography of a generation, and accomplishing storytelling on such an epic scale with such a shoestring budget is a truly masterful achievement. There are so many subplots that seem to cover such a huge range of life experiences faced by Ethiopians and those living among the diaspora that it all coalesces into a something beyond any particular plot detail. It is definitely a commitment to watch this film because of its kaleidoscopic, fragmented narrative, and even Haile Gerima's editing doesn't do much to help make the experience any more palatable. While most African films are characterized by long and meditative shots, Gerima makes a deliberate effort to vary the pace and include a lot of short cuts that are kind of jarring at times. This is an effective way of conveying the spirit (or post-traumatic stress) that haunts Anberber's mind, but it won't do much to make the film more accessible to audiences that are looking for something easy. Indeed, this is not an easy film, as it is not about an easy subject matter, but it is absolutely worth seeing for its ability to hold the truth up as the world's highest art and our greatest hope. |
| User ReviewLiya GWhat a touching movie about dreams, loss and reality. |
