Overview

• Embeth Davidtz wrote and directed her first feature film adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir, in which she also appears on screen.
• The film premiered at the Telluride and Toronto festivals, where critics praised its faithful narrative and discovery of young lead Lexi Venter.
• Casting director used a Facebook call to find seven-year-old Lexi Venter, whose unscripted, natural demeanor anchors the story through Bobo’s voiceover.
• Production was shot entirely in South Africa with a South African cast and crew to ensure cultural authenticity and navigate infrastructure challenges in Zimbabwe.
• Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in limited U.S. theaters on July 11 before a nationwide rollout on July 18; it carries an R rating for violence, language, sexual assault and underage smoking and drinking.