Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Kanzenhan
'Transactions' tells a story of Zimbabwean migration through a family divided by the circumstances of a failed economy. Three siblings, Frank, Miles and Portia, sustain their family through remittance…
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Kanzenhan
'Transactions' tells a story of Zimbabwean migration through a family divided by the circumstances of a failed economy. Three siblings, Frank, Miles and Portia, sustain their family through remittances while longing for the country and family they left behind. While the fourth sibling, Chrysthle, who is still in Zimbabwe, is frustrated by her inability to help financially, even though she has a full-time job. Their mother, MaMlilo, is a conduit of all the family's challenges in hyper-inflationary Zimbabwe. Everyone who needs money comes to her in the hopes that she can help them financially. With each monetary transaction, expectations are raised on both sides. —Arte TV, Germany Every year, 1.5 billion dollars are sent to Zimbabwe from expatriate compatriots. The siblings Frank, Kiki, Miles and Portia are scattered all over the world and try to send home as much as possible - and also create a life of their own. Family relationships are put to the test when all contact is over the phone and every conversation is about money. —SVT
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Kanzenhan
Action,Adventure,Animation
Film Details
'Transactions' tells a story of Zimbabwean migration through a family divided by the circumstances of a failed economy. Three siblings, Frank, Miles and Portia, sustain their family through remittances while longing for the country and family they left behind. While the fourth sibling, Chrysthle, who is still in Zimbabwe, is frustrated by her inability to help financially, even though she has a full-time job.
Their mother, MaMlilo, is a conduit of all the family's challenges in hyper-inflationary Zimbabwe. Everyone who needs money comes to her in the hopes that she can help them financially. With each monetary transaction, expectations are raised on both sides.
—Arte TV, Germany Every year, 1.5 billion dollars are sent to Zimbabwe from expatriate compatriots. The siblings Frank, Kiki, Miles and Portia are scattered all over the world and try to send home as much as possible - and also create a life of their own. Family relationships are put to the test when all contact is over the phone and every conversation is about money.
—SVT.