A young mother faces difficult decisions when offered the chance of a better life in Leanne Welham’s thoughtful drama
With a compassionate and imaginative boldness, first-time British feature director Leanne Welham has shot a film about HIV in Tanzania. A drama that arose from what was originally a documentary project, Pili uses mostly non-professionals, many in just the same situation as their characters.
Bello Rashid plays Pili Hussein, a young woman tilling the fields for an exploitative low wage, and secretly taking meds to manage the HIV condition she has told nobody about, not since her husband deserted her because of it. Now she brings up two small children on her own, and there is another dark memory concerning family that recurs to her in flashback.
With a compassionate and imaginative boldness, first-time British feature director Leanne Welham has shot a film about HIV in Tanzania. A drama that arose from what was originally a documentary project, Pili uses mostly non-professionals, many in just the same situation as their characters.
Bello Rashid plays Pili Hussein, a young woman tilling the fields for an exploitative low wage, and secretly taking meds to manage the HIV condition she has told nobody about, not since her husband deserted her because of it. Now she brings up two small children on her own, and there is another dark memory concerning family that recurs to her in flashback.
- 10/11/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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