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Sisters in Law (2005)

Not Rated | | Documentary | 11 August 2006 (UK)
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Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.

Directors:

Florence Ayisi, Kim Longinotto

Stars:

Vera Ngassa, Beatrice Ntuba
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Cast

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Vera Ngassa Vera Ngassa ... Herself
Beatrice Ntuba Beatrice Ntuba ... Herself
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Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.

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Genres:

Documentary

Certificate:

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Official Sites:

Ad Vitam [France]

Country:

Cameroon | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

Oi dikastines See more »

Filming Locations:

Kumba, Cameroon
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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,675, 21 April 2006, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$32,631, 9 July 2006
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Vixen Films (I),Film Four See more »
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Dolby SR

Color:

Color
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New release for this great movie
4 March 2006 | by strauss-f – See all my reviews

Sisters in law will be released theatrically on march 24th in Sweden. A good occasion for our Nordic friends to discover this original and thoughtful documentary. It was shown in Göteborg together with a retrospective dedicated to Kim Longinotto, "director in focus" of the festival. She gave a master class, very much appreciated, telling about her method as documentary filmmaker and told the audience about the special circumstances which led her to shoot Sisters in law twice : the first version got lost for good, so a second shooting was organized and the film turned out to be different at the end. A pretty awful problem happened, in this case, to create the possibility of a very strong movie.
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