Farewell Ella Bella (2018)

Farewell Ella Bella

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Details

  • drama

Logline

For Ella, the death of her alcoholic father saddles her with nothing but debt and the bitter memory of a complicated past.

Year

2018

Type

Fiction

Format

Feature Film

Country

South Africa

Language

English

Release Date

2018/08/17

Runtime

80 minutes

Stage

Finished

Premiere Place

Cinemas

Plot Summary

Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she has sacrificed her life, career opportunities and love to care for a man she resents; leaving her adrift in the world after his passing. The re-emergence of her nomadic yet charming musician godfather, Neo(48), at her father’s cremation gives Ella the opportunity to rediscover her identity by deserting the suffocating and constricting life she has lead in the small town of Beaufort West. She decides that she will bury his ashes at her childhood home in Johannesburg and that Neo – who is the epitome of a man child- will be responsible for taking her there. The two set out in his beloved old BMW and traverse the Karoo desert all the while meeting various colourful characters who give Ella and Neo insight into themselves and each other. As the landscape in their backdrop changes so their relationship is challenged and deepened as they come to realise how much they need each other.

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Cast

Sello Maake KaNcube portrait

Sello Maake KaNcube

Neo

Jay Anstey portrait

Jay Anstey

Ella

Crew

Lwazi Mvusi portrait

Lwazi Mvusi

Writer

Lwazi Mvusi portrait

Lwazi Mvusi

Director

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Carolyn Carew

Executive Producer

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Tsholo Mashile

Producer

Companies

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Free Women Films

Producer

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