Overview

• The film premiered at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals to strong praise and opened in limited U.S. release on July 11 with a nationwide expansion set for July 18.
• Davidtz uses improvisational direction to draw authentic performance from seven-year-old Lexi Venter, who anchors the narrative as the memoir’s young narrator Bobo.
• Production took place entirely in South Africa with a local cast and crew to evoke the memoir’s Rhodesian backdrop as Zimbabwe lacked film infrastructure.
• Post-production layers October 7 Gaza conflict footage onto the storyline to underline enduring parallels between past colonial strife and modern violence.
• The Motion Picture Association rated the film R for violent imagery, language, sexual assault and underage smoking and drinking.