THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Dir: Andrew Mudge. Starring: Moshoeshoe Chabeli, Lillian Dube, Jerry Mofokeng. Lesotho/South Africa. 2013. 96 mins.
Recently the winner of the Golden Punt Award for best fiction film at the Cambridge Film Festival, FORGOTTEN KINGDOM is the profoundly visual story, which tells the tale of Atang: a young man obliged to make a pilgrimage from the bustle of Johannesburg to his native Lesotho upon learning that his father has passed away. There, Atang is reunited with childhood friend Dineo, with whom he discovers a romantic spark. But her disapproving father whisks Dineo away and sends Atang back to Jo’burg. Resolving to win her back, Atang enlists the help of a young orphan boy to guide him through the arresting rural terrain. The mountainous scenery of Lesotho – the first film produced in the country - provides the canvas for director Andrew Mudge to create a beguiling quest, steeped in the history and culture of the Basotho people.
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